This chap seems okay. The cheapest MP in the House. Any chance you can make him Speaker? Unless there is someone else who claims less. That...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road. Tonight's London Evening Standard names three ministers who could face police inquiries ...

***Cameron to instruct Tory MPs to repay any allowances not in the 'spirit' of the rules*** Over to you Gordon... UPDATE: Iain Dale ...

Anyone know what happened to Mad Day on the railways? Just wondered, that's all. Oh, and Mr Maidment is asking for your support again ...

This from the Grauniad ... The good news is that, despite Lord Adonis's damning criticisms, there are decent places to eat and drink on ...

Good to see that the dead-tree media have finally caught up . There is predictable press fury today over the decision by National Express t...

So Network Rail have confirmed that they won't make their Control Period 3 efficiency targets. According to the FT ... The company that ...

Oh dear. It appears that the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers, is also a hoon. This from the Daily Telegraph ... Th...

So Gordon Brown is meeting the Chinese Vice Premier today. Is this a sign of movement on the 200 new DMU vehicles ? Probably not. In the cur...

This from the Northants Evening Telegraph .... The route proposed by East Midlands Trains ticket website: Set off from Kettering Rail Statio...

Pictured at Crewe yesterday... The bucket is a nice touch!

What has happened to the industry's in-house magazine Railnews? Standards are slipping! This image from an article on WSMR on the Railne...

More from 'Eleven Minutes Late', Matthew Engel's new book on the history of the railways. With a bowler tip to Roger Cox in The ...

With a bowler tip to Mark Frary over at The Times ... And this with a bowler tip to Westmount and, of course, Saatchi and Saatchi... Just in...

This should be a laugh . Lets see how long it takes NR to weed out applications from the awkward squad this time. Heaven forefend that anyon...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road According to today's Daily Mail even fares are now Coucher's fault. And serves him j...

Telegrammed by the Velopodist Matthew Engel's assertion that other countries have avoided the ticket barrier is typical of the rosy-eye...

This just in from 'Bacon Butty'... When is a Gatwick Express not a Gatwick Express? When it's the 18:22 London Bridge to Eastbou...

Bowler tip to Michael Kerr's blog over at the Telegraph for this... In his wonderful new book about the relationship between the Britis...

This from nebusiness.co.uk Former Rail Minister Tom Harris said: “ It is entirely plausible they could hand it back, but I don’t think they ...