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Chris Christie postpones Halloween in New Jersey

Its just not safe yet to be out trick-or- treating tonight, so Halloween has officially been postponed until Monday. — Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 31, 2012 I better see you all out there on Monday with your costumes on and candy in tow. — Governor Christie (@GovChristie) October 31, 2012

Boris – the B in Plan B

Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net Boris Johnson’s regular Twitter Q&A sessions are always fun to follow, answering questions in is usual erudite style. While he is ultimately loyal to David Cameron, the Mayor of London has never been known to intentionally make life for leadership rival George [...]

Read carefully – Ed. Miliband. Is. Right.

Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net Today Ed Miliband is going to make a major speech on mental health care, attacking high profile people that mock those who suffer from depression and other mental health conditions. Good on him.

Guardian hack tries to claim phone hacking worse than Savile rape

Not that the Guardian are obssessed with this story in anyway but… A greater sin to harbour phone hacker or serial child rapist, Times columnists asks. Depends if you employed them to commit these sins. — Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) October 26, 2012 It is pretty outrageous that a senior Guardian journalist would try and make [...]

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Question Time Live Blog 25/10/12

Tonight’s Question Time panel is Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable, Labour Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry, Conservative MP Claire Perry, The Huffington Post’s Mehdi Hasan, and UKIP’s Paul Nuttall. Refresh to keep up with the live blog.

Watsons new war

Just under a week ago Tom Watson tweeted this. I’ve just taken a call. It lasted 10 minutes.Have a hunch it will be my next three year project. I thought I was immune to shock these days. — tom_watson (@tom_watson) October 18, 2012 Yesterday at the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee his Labour colleague [...]