Sideblog Snippets #1

A return to the original spirit of web-logging....

Well done to former Derby Telegraph colleague Deborah Wain who has won the Paul Foot Award for investigative journalism.

Could Cherie Blair become a Labour MP? Mike White thinks so.

The House of Commons may need to decamp to a new location. I nominate Derby.

Inheritance tax: Why Gordon should have listened to Stephen Byers.

Skipper asks whether Party Conference timings favour the Tories.

Bill Blanko reckons the new Commons Press Bar is a charter for editors' narks to spy on lunchtime tipplers.

"I think I've had my shot," says Charles Kennedy. What, just the one?

Ousted Telegraph pol ed George Jones' lobby career just rolls on and on

Former North-East Labour Regional Press Officer Hopi Sen launches a rather good blog.

Geoff Hoon succeeds where Hilary Armstrong failed and evicts the spin merchants from No 12.

Looks like the Blog Wars are back on again.