Women are in the in the papers today.  Whether its Polly Toynbee being more of an inspiration to Cameron than Churchill (The Guardian); Tories selecting some female A-listers (The Telegraph); women drivers obeying the rules of the road (The Times); or this piece in the Guardian about what women want from their politics.  As Indra Adnan explains:

As a feminist, I want to see more women in positions of power. But in order to create the conditions for more feminine politics, in which more women can feel free to express their difference rather than be pressured to compete on masculine terms, I consider the "soft" new politics to be crucial.

Indra Adnan, The Guardian

David Cameron is doing well in the polls and disproportionately well with women (see poll below). Gordon Brown will undoubtedly struggle to project a soft image.  One doesn't have to agree with Adnan's conclusion, that Hilary Benn has the perfect soft skills, to agree with her that Labour shouldn't be looking for John Prescott II as their next deputy leader.

Also in today's news

• Guardian/ICM poll Lab 32% (+3); Con 37% (-2); Lib Dem 22 (no change).  Report here and comment here
  
• Don Foster hits out at the soaring Olympic costs in The Telegraph.