Guardian diary
Hugh Muir casts an irreverent eye over the stories of the day and follows them to places other journalists fear to tread
Election diary: so, how do the Tories match up with the Three Lions?
If Tim Farron was right with assessment of laboured England in the Euros, what about Team Sunak?
Lib Dem conference diary: footsoldiers saving the world, one issue at a time
Michael WhiteThe party works its faithful harder than Labour or the Tories, but at least they can ‘pop out for a Charlie’ to take a breather
Diary: A question for jobseekers – would you take a bullet for Putin?
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: The president’s spin machine has hit a glitch. You can help
Diary: From Chris Grayling with love … The booby traps being laid in the justice department
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: He’ll cost us, even when he’s gone
Diary: When freedom of information is a gas
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: On the subject of fracking and Michael Fallon, information’s pretty scarce in Whitehall
Diary: From hacking convict to agony aunt. Andy Coulson’s message for the prime minister
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Yes, Boris hurts, he says. But you mustn’t let it show
Diary: The great air debate. Who’s taking a flier – Sir Howard Davies or the Mayor of London?
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: You decide. It hardly requires the wisdom of Solomon
Betrayed, derided, discarded. A sad lament for the man Nigel Farage left behind
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: The jettisoned Clacton candidate signs off with a blast
Diary: A time for wise heads at Nato over Ukraine. Enter Prince Charles …
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Just the man to stiffen those backbones
Diary: He’s gone, but the spectre of Douglas Carswell haunts his old rivals
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Why they’re treating the Tory turncoat with kid gloves
Diary: Hail Prince Albert – the man who launched a thousand quips
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: How Lidl went upmarket with a smutty gag from its adman
Diary: Who rounded up migrants for the Daily Express? Not us, says Migration Watch
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Tears all round as the peddlers of refugee misery fall out
Diary: Is China really bad-mouthing Charles and Camilla?
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: A tale of intrigue, whispers, red carpets and bad blood
Diary: When the troubled hit trouble, they call for Mr Tone
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Mess-ups, repositories of public ire. They’ve got a friend. (And the friend can always rely on Bobby Davro)
Diary: Calling all unpaid interns … a Tory MP needs you
Erica BuistErica Buist: The job description is ambiguous, but of course it would be – it’s party orders
Diary: How Labour MPs got wise to ‘Ed’ the undercover Tory
Erica BuistErica Buist: Gloria De Piero and Jon Ashworth think they know Ed’s real name – and it isn’t James Bond
Diary: Pass me the ice bucket, this self-promotion makes me sick
Erica BuistErica Buist: Yes it’s for charity, but it also has more than a hint of ‘career boost’ about it all
Diary: Even Julian Assange’s odds are odd
Erica BuistErica Buist: The bookmaker Paddy Power is taking bets on when the WikiLeaks founder will leave the Ecuadorian embassy
Diary: Israel boycott reaches US embassy party
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Ever the diplomat, ambassador Barzun takes snubs on the chin
Diary: Waiting for Dobbo – Greens look to clean up in Holborn
Hugh MuirHugh Muir: Would-be MP Natalie Bennett bolstered by Lush funds
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