Regular FreeThink readers will make sure they catch these four must-read pieces today:

• Peter Preston in The Guardian gives an end-of-term report on the Lib Dems, and finds them somewhat lacking. 'Unshiftable Sir Ming'
• Andrew Holdenbury of the think tank Reform does a similar job for Gordon Brown, and finds him equally lacking 'Gordon the going backwards PM'
  
• French presidential politics, and how its being operated by Sarozy, is the subject of John Thornhill in The Times (Its a while since the theme played big in the papers so its good to return to an old favourite) 'France's president spins his plates'
• Most entertaining, and essential reading (especially for anyone of a certain generation to remember "9 and a half weeks") is Tim Hames' very sharp piece in The Times on the theme of David Cameron's current worries entitled '9 and a half weeks and counting for David Cameron'