Iraq, for whom the till tolls...

Who's telling the truth, the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown, formerly the Chancellor when the Iraq war started, or the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defence Secretary who was in situ at the time? Were the military given an unlimited purse, or were they hamstrung by financial constraints, leading to shortages of vital equipment?

Someone is telling porkys, and the coming election may well hinge on who that turns out to be.

Election disfunction

As elections loom and the mudslinging starts in earnest, the evergreen spectre of 'Class War' is dusted down and wheeled out by Labour supporters the country over.

In fairness though, they might have a point this time round, the opposition front bench seriously looks like a snapshot of the Bullingdon Club.

In Conservative circles these days when one is posed the question 'eaten?' they're not asking if you're hungry.