and now, parliamentary news

Big Brother remains the key political issue of the day. Pah to such trivia as war, corruption, storms, global warming, etc.

• Gordon Brown's trip to India has been rather overshadowed by ShilpaGate. Hmmm, is that ths sound of spinning I hear? Surely no-one in the government would want to deprive the Chancellor of publicity? Have I just watched one too many episodes of "The Thick of It"?

• David Milliband sez 'Jade out'.

• Reasons to hate the Baddies #284: they made me agree with a Tory leader.

On a happier note, Lembit and Gabriela have been welcoming 'Hello' readers to their beautiful home.

England Cricketer Wins Something Shocker

Mark Ramprakash won 'Strictly Come Dancing' . Tonight's was the only one I've watched, and only then because my son was quite interested in the programme that was 'like dancing on ice without ice'.

I hope they get Shane to do the next series, I would definitely watch that.

Today I saw my first Celeb BB trailer. Starts Jan 3rd. Hmmmmmmm ...

Oh and the Lembit/Gabriela story just gets better and better. Entertainment news story of the year, undoubtedly. Awards should be awarded for getting the Cheeky Song on Newsnight. In his honour I am giving him a tag all of his own (oh yes we are all beta-ed up and labeltastic now).