Despite many complaints that introducing comment moderation would be the end of the site, comment numbers are actually higher now than ever and traffic is as buoyant as ever. Unfortunately something like half the comments – no matter what the subject of the post – are about David Cameron’s sexuality, muslims, paedos and how this site is biased against UKIP or biased in favour of UKIP. So to  give us all a break from the repetitive drivel Guido is requiring email-verified registration for comments on weekends.

We may roll it out to weekdays as well. If this affects you, think about trying to post comments related to the topic of the post…