11. Sitting In the Dock of the Bay

With that tricksy anti-terror legislation trial now pushed through, Dubya and Rummy can haul all those pesky detained Gitmo terror suspects before a court. Though the pair of them have had to abandon some of their shadier 'interrogation techniques'. Party poopers.

Read all about it here

10. The Full Monty

Ex-Peruvian Intelligence Chief Vladimiro Montesinos gets 20 years for an assortment of crimes, amongst them selling 10,000 assault rifles to FARC troops, the Colombian left-wing paramilitary organisation.

Click here for the Beeb lowdown

PS 'En que le puedo servir' translates as 'How can I help you?' and the scrumpled up piece of paper has got 'shopping list' written at the top.

9. So tired...tired of waiting...tired of waiting for u(n)

You know the UN's on the ball when it takes George Clooney to gee things up.

Click here for the story on BBC news

8. Papa Don't Preach

Red faces all round in the Vatican as Papa Razzi quotes from a 14th Century Emperor who turns out wasn't Muhammad's biggest fan.

7. Don't Wanna Be...All By Myself

Messrs Dubya n Tone fail to convince most of NATO that more troops are needed for anti-terror hijinks.

6. The Embargo Farrago
The first sniff of oil off the north coast of Cuba and suddenly America's ears prick up. Hmmm.

5. War Porn

5 years on from 9/11 and still the media can't get enough of that ubiquitous twin tower footage - why we're all slowly become war porn addicts.

4. The Jolly Gordon
A photo of the smirking Chancellor from last week and a clandestine meeting at a baby shower (plus his suspect silence over Tony's predicament) leaves a lot of fingers pointing at Cap'n Brown's plot to force his PM to walk the plank.

3. The Battle of 10 Downing St.
Resignations, plots, factional squabbling - and we thought the Middle East was where the action is.

2. Crisis? What crisis?

Calls for Tony to sling his hook echo around Westminister. Tone stoically ploughs on regardless.

Welcome to the prestigious launch of this here blog, soon to be providing a daily serving of doodled political commentary right to your electronic doorstep.

Numero Uno:

Blair's desk, in light of all the fanmail he's been getting of late.