This week 97,892 visitors made 308,963 visits to view 474,673 pages – traffic is down some 10% with parliament in recess and the political and media class are on the beach. The blog has still managed to be at the forefront of two stories this week; the inevitable unravelling of Piers Morgan and the campaign for the death penalty. The latter provoking an inbox full to capacity and “progressives” to apoplexy.

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The top  stories  in order of popularity were:

• Scandalous European Parliament Email Triggers Gossipping
• David Leigh, The Guardian’s Hacker-in-Chief, Lied to Guido
• Gnome v Moron –Private Eye Twists the Morgan Knife
• Popular Support for the Restore Justice Campaign
• The Petition Goes Live
• Sunday Brunch with Brillo
• Labour Turn on Piers Morgan

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