The week started with the IMF giving the thumbs down for Plan B, and Guido calling for Plan A+. Tuesday saw Ed Miliband gurn his way through a speech, then on Wednesday he fluffed PMQs so badly even the Mirror’s loyal Kevin Maguire despaired. Thursday saw Guido send an Indian spaceman to thank the taxman and Andrew Mitchell personally as he boasted to an aid conference about the £800 million DfID is sending India over 3 years. £800 million the government has to borrow via the deficit.

The press release of the week came from Volvo Cars UK. All-in-all it was a very bad week for Ed Balls, dissed by the IMF, mocked by Osborne, exposed by his own hand as a proven liar. Happy days…

This week 85,087 visitors made 258,449 visits to view 392,378 pages. The top stories last week in order of popularity were:

• Casual Racism Is Fine If You’re Labour
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• Ed Loses the Daily Mirror’s Support
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• Essex Police Yet To Demand Key Huhne Evidence
• Indian Astronaut Thanks Mitchell for Taxpayers’ Cash

You’re either in front of Guido, or you are behind…