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UPDATED Is it really a scandal “to rock Cameron’s government”? We’ve now got a glimpse of the Sunday Mirror front page and we can judge for ourselves whether the Sunday Mirror Tweet, re-Tweeted by Tom Watson and others, was correct earlier in the evening when it said it had news of a “Massive political scandal to rock Cameron’s government”. Even Sally Bercow thinks it’s a yawn. The problem about building something up which doesn’t live up to its billing is…

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Is he worth a flutter at 33/1? Just looking down the possibles for Andy Coulson’s replacement and I wondered whether Iain Dale might be the man to take over. He politically astute, a hard worker and he’s very familiar with the Westminster environment. During the 2005 Tory leadership race he was David Davis’s top aide. As well as his blogging career, which he’s pulling out of, he’s a successful political publisher and a broadcaster. The only possible blot on his…

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How much damage has this done Cameron? So he was professional right to the end. With Tony Blair giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry and Westminster still stunned by the Alan Johnson resignation the former News of the World editor and then Cameron’s press chief, Andy Coulson has decided that today’s the best day to announce that he’s quitting. By all accounts this is a big loss to Cameron for Coulson had built up a formidable reputation in the role….

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Which is most to blame for the cuts? (YouGov) CON-LD coalition % Last Labour government % Both of them % Neither % 10/01/11 22 40 25 8 11/12/10 23 41 24 7 15/11/10 22 43 23 7 07/10/10 17 47 20 10 20/09/10 21 44 22 7 06/09/10 22 45 20 6 31/08/10 23 45 20 6 16/08/10 22 45 21 6 02/08/10 22 45 20 6 19/07/10 21 48 19 7 05/07/10 21 44 21 8 23/06/10 18 49…

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The Daily Mail story is here. Mike Smithson

Ed and Ed in 1997 How’s the new line-up going to play? What a dramatic couple of hours and it’s hard coming to an instant judgement over what all this means. I think EdM is probably the most damaged for doing what amounts to a massive U-turn over Balls. What’s different now compared with last September when he decided to exclude Ed Balls from his economic team? There’s not an easy explanation. If Balls was not okay then why is…

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It looks like Balls has got the job he craved This is developing and more will follow. 1701 It’s just been confirmed that Balls will be taking over. Mike Smithson