After tax, and the Green Switch, the Lib Dems open up a new policy/campaign front - this time the enemy is legislature itself. The Independent gives the story some coverage.  BBC online previewed it yesterday.

Also in today's news

• Ed Davey is preparing for an Autumn 07 election, according to a leaked report obtained by the BBC.
  
• Curious piece in The Daily Telegraph today (they so often are) from Annunziata Rees-Mogg who was recently selected to fight Somerton and Frome.  From her article its difficult to discern the fact that the seat is currently held by David Heath,  a Lib Dem - but that may be deliberate. 
  
• The FT takes a look backwards at the seven times since the second world war when the American electorate has voted out a President's majority in Congress - and whether we can expect greater participation or greater hostility.
  

The passage of the Marshall Plan in 1948, President Reagan’s dialogue with Mikhail Gorbachev in the last two years of his term, and President Clinton’s co-operation with congressional leaders to extend financial support to Mexico after the 1994 elections, provide examples of where the long view prevailed over short-term advantage.

The Financial Times