Common Endeavour

• HSBC, the bank at which your correspondent's overdraft is stabled, asks for shareholder bailout of £12.5bn;
• The Iranian TV network has uncovered the horrific truth behind Harry Potter (hint: it involves DA JOOZ!);
• Oh dear. You might remember Daniel Kawcyznski as the doughty defender of bovine freedoms, as well as a very tall warning against believing all that guff that the Tories are coming out with about agreeing with Shami Chakrabarti, holding hands with Liberal Democrats, knitting protest banners out of ethically sourced wattle and daub, and singing "Imagine" late into the night. It would appear that he's also engaging in another ancient rite: blaming the unpaid staff. Now THAT'S class;

• Tom Harris wonders whether Clare Short has been on Extreme Makeover: Iraq War Edition;
• At the conclusion of the Convention on Henry Porter, the great man himself explains why it's so important to protect the middle classes in the commuter belt from the evil decisions made by those elected by the hoi polloi. Quite right too: the ability for the rich to do whatever the hell they like irrespective of the laws that govern the rest of us is the principle on which the Magna Carta was drafted;
• The right of over-rated authors to churn out any old crap for the Sundays and get paid handsomely for it is one of this country's most ancient liberties, as the continuation of Porter Central in the Observer all too readily attests;
• And for no other reason than because I'm rather pleased with it, here is my W4MP alt.guide entitled He's Just Not That Into You. It's about politics, honest.

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