Cranmer is reporting on Mandelson’s latest wheeze as Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills. He wants to turn the screw on charities, churches and community halls by abolishing their music licence exemptions. That ought to be worth a few favours from his friends in the ‘biz’ (unless he’s had them already).
His Grace writes,
It is Cromwellian [...]

The Telegraph claims that Gordon Brown’s spot of bother with ‘colleagues’ over the past week was an attempted coup “with a degree of co-ordination and timing.”
After the Chipmunk’s resignation and according to Labour sources, Miss Flint, the Europe minister, was meant to go next. “We are absolutely certain Caroline [...]