10pm Parliament: George Osborne attacks "catastrophic" loss of 25 million people's personal data
9.45pm BritainAndAmerica: The New York Times notes the improving security situation in Iraq
9.45pm PlayPolitical: Make John Howard smile
1pm ToryDiary: This Government couldn't run a bath
12.30pm ToryDiary: Seventeen years ago today Margaret Thatcher failed to win the first leadership ballot by enough votes
12.30pm Seats and candidates: Mark Bowen selected for Feltham and Heston
ToryDiary: Nominations for Outstanding Parliamentarian
Peter Cuthbertson on Platform: Voters aren't crying out for a party of free market social liberals
Columnist Andrew Lilico: Why trade is green
"If we were to accept the urgings of anti-trade greens, and stop buying imports that needed to be transported, the result would typically be that production of the same goods domestically would involve much greater use of resources — more land built upon, more energy (and hence more CO2 emissions), more trees felled, more minerals dug up. And all in the name of being green."
Parliament: George Osborne responds to the Chancellor's statement on Northern Rock
PlayPolitical: American Apache gunship fires on suspected Iraqi insurgents and Ming Campbell's resignation
Tories will emphasise setting, not streaming
"Streaming means pupils are judged on all-round academic ability, with the brightest put in the top group for all subjects, just as grammar schools admit only the best pupils. But Mr Cameron will today signal a shift towards setting, where pupils are assessed on a subject-by-subject basis. The new emphasis on setting was signalled last night by Michael Gove, the Tory shadow schools secretary. "Children should be given the opportunity to learn in accordance with their particular aptitude and ability, so that the brightest pupils are stretched and those who might be struggling are given extra support," he said. We want to see more teaching by ability so we can begin to narrow the gap in achievement between those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest." - Telegraph
"The Conservatives say they will expand the number of academies in England to create at least 220,000 "good school places" over the next nine years." - BBC
James Gray survives another deselection attempt - BBC
Brown needs a wider circle of advisers - Rachel Sylvester in The Telegraph
"This government is a one-man band. Gordon is the Don Partridge of politics, banging the drum, clattering the cymbals between his knees, while simultaneously strumming a guitar and playing the Red Flag on the kazoo." - Richard Littlejohn in The Daily Mail
Clegg accuses Huhne of testing voters' patience
`'In an interview with The Independent, Mr Clegg warned that the public would turn its back on Britain's third party if its leadership election slips into a divisive battle between the two men. He accused his opponent of manufacturing a false divide to portray Mr Clegg as on the right." - Independent
"Liberal Democrat leadership contender Nick Clegg wants to put education at the centre of his party's policies, raising the money spent in state schools to private school levels and giving more money the poorest children." - Guardian
Holocaust denier David Irving and BNP leader invited to address Oxford Union - Telegraph
Sarkozy's confrontation with France's unions is an echo of the Thatcher-Reagan years - Independent
Lords to reject new Embryo Bill - Independent | Times | Express
"Roman Catholic Cabinet minister Ruth Kelly last night refused to back Gordon Brown’s plans to make it easier for lesbians to have test-tube babies." - The Sun
"Lord Darzi, the top surgeon appointed a Health Minister by Gordon Brown, is being hailed as a hero by peers after dramatically reviving a Labour peer who had a heart attack during a House of Lords debate.' - Sky News
On this day in 1990 Margaret Thatcher failed to win the first round of her leadership battle against Michael Heseltine - BBC
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