Dark Days For Blair After the trouncing Labour took last Thursday in the local elections, Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced to have a cabinet re-shuffle sooner than expected. Some moves were expected. Ruth Kelly moving to a new department. Charles Clarke returning to the backbenches. Chief Whip Hilary Armstrong being demoted. However, a lot of the new positions came as a surprise. Margaret Beckett promoted to Foreign Secretary, even after she presided over......

A quiet day today. Nevertheless... Sleaze Enquiries Must Improve, says Graham Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Alistair Graham has today criticised the Prime Minister for not conducting decent enquiries into sleaze. After the recent Jowell incident, Sir Alistair said that a clearer system for investigation into sleaze should be set out in the ministerial code itself, and that the current system is responsible for the public's distrust of politicians.......

As one Londonista said the other day, "we can't ignore it!" - Valentine's Day is here, and love is in the air, even here in Westminster. Many people find power sexy. Others claim that politics is "showbusiness for ugly people" (why else would I be so rabidly political?) On this Valentine's Day therefore, Londonist has a treat for you! Do you fancy being part of a political sex scandal? Do you want to sell......

Talks between the RMT and LU have resumed but at a speaking engagement last night Ken Livingstone made it very clear that he wasn't about to cave in to the Union's demands. An African pastor was arrested in south London yesterday regarding allegations made on the Today programme that he identified children as witches and encouraged their parents to beat them. Cabinet minister Hilary Armstrong has started a petition to get Galloway out fo the......

Today Londonist introduces it's latest column: Inside Westminster. That's not cryptic or anything, it's a bloke who works in Westminster writing about what goes on... in Westminster. And what a day to start a regular political column? David Cameron has put on his leader's hat and made his way to the despatch box to go toe to toe with Tony for the first time. So let's get the inside view shall we... Question: How......