German firm makes money for MugabeZimbabwe Iain Dale reports on a German printing firm that holds the contract to print money for Mugabe's regime. Hope they haven't agreed to accept payment in Zimbabwean currency, its not woth the paper its printed on.

Mid table mediocrity in the pink list. Iain Dale bemoans his lowly position in the "pink list" of influential British gays. Poor iain is below Peter Tachell. Still its probably some consolation to our blogging colleague that he is probably the most influential West Ham Supporter in the country.

Al Gore to be Obama's running mate? So the plan starts to unfold. If Al is running mate he will step in if anything happens to Obama. Now all the Democrats have to do is hire a good hitman.

Is Britain on the slippery slope to dictatorship? This article dismisses the idea that by meekly surrendering our civil liberties we are heading for dictatorship. The british people would never accept dictatorship, the writer argues.
Hey, we elected Thatcher and Blair didn't we?

Wonkette - Obama a loser? Another Washington Post columnist comes to the conclusion Obama cannot win.