Ignore the Punch and Judy show of Westminster politics; ignore fusty economic stories about sub-prime mortgages; ignore stories about far away shores.

The real news of the day is that CentreForum was awarded the 'runner up' slot in yesterday's Think Tank of the Year awards.

The award, organised by Prospect magazine, comes after we've only had one full year in operation (according to Prospect's criteria). We were competing against the likes of IPPR with their 72 staff and £4million annual expenditure. (It was IPPR who won the main award).

Yes, its self-indulgent to have a blog posting purely about us, but we're pretty pleased with ourselves and at least its pretty short!

Normal news service will be resumed tomorrow.