At the start of the ‘journey’…

It’s nearly the end of recess and starting from Monday, there will hopefully be real news.  However this week has seen one story dominate the press and that was Hague and his Spad.  Guido followed the Daily Mail and Telegraph in reporting this and seems to be enjoying all the attention. Stephen Tall at Lib Dem Voice and Alex Massie in the Spectator have written interesting pieces, discussing the issues involved such as abuse of power and use of FOI instead of luridly speculating on rumours.

Tony Blair also published his memoirs ‘A Journey’ (sickening) which has now become the quickest selling autobiography ever in Waterstones.  While it may be at the top of Amazon’s best seller list, Jim Packard at the FT has written a great piece pointing out what a rubbish writer Blair is.  Kiran Stacey also at the FT has helpfully summarised the book into just a few short paragraphs.

David and Samantha Cameron brought their new daughter, Florence Rose Endellion home to 10 Downing Street and presented her to the press.  When asked if Clegg had changed any nappies yet, Cameron said ‘that’s next’.  I really really hope it is.  Another cute story which we all enjoyed in the office was the birth of a rare male pygmy hippo in Poland. We watched the story several times, mainly focusing on the eyes. It’s sweet and freaky at the same time.  The final piece of news this week was that Jennifer Saunders will be writing a Spice Girls Musical, Viva Forever. I cannot wait.

One last note, voting for the next Labour leader has begun so if you have a vote (or a few votes), you can take this test to find out which candidate you should be supporting.  I came out as David Miliband. Not sure how I feel about that.