Last night fact checking Cathy Newman from Channel 4 News took a look at Antony Calvert’s campaign to castrate Labour in Morley and Outwood. Watch her ask Ed Balls “will people be asking ‘where you up for Balls’ on May 7?”

Particularly amusing when a former Labour voter says, on camera, she hasn’t seen him for 2 years and Balls says “yes you have”.  Calling your voters liars to their face on the doorstep is an interesting canvassing strategy…

The bookies make Calvert and Balls pretty even, have a flutter for a bit of fun. It’ll give you more to cheer about on the night…

See also: Balls Booed at Hustings as Castration Strategy Hurts

More from the Spin Room later…

LabourVision.TV launches today – a crowd sourced effort to produce an online anti-party, anti-political election broadcast.  Details revealed later as to how your home made video can be part of Gordon – the Disaster Movie premiering on May Day.  The bar is high. Come back tomorrow…

As Cleggmania grips the country, Guy News brings you a special report:

Despite having paid substantial damages and apologising to Daniel Hannan, the New Statesman‘s website is still actively promoting James Macintyre’s smear from last August against the leader of the conservative grouping in the European Parliament, Michal Kaminski:

Macintyre better hope Kaminski isn’t feeling litigious about this accusation. The Chief Rabbi of Poland accused Macintyre of misrepresenting  his views.  Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich cleared Kaminski of the charge of being an anti-semite, and if anyone should know, he should know. Macintyre, as this video shows, still accuses Kaminski of being “a former neo-nazi”.

UPDATE: A gruff James Macintyre couldn’t get off the phone quick enough when Guy News asked whether he stood by the accusation that Kaminski was a “former neo-nazi”. “I refer you to my original email and have nothing else to say“, whatever that means. Let’s see what his boss and New Statesman publisher Spencer Neil has to say about it…

With rumours circulating that Damian McBride will be spinning for Ed Ball’s forthcoming leadership campaign,  (if , and it is an if, he holds his Morley and Outwood seat).  Brillo got straight to the point at this morning’s Labour Party press conference:

C’mon down Damian, Guido misses you…