Tom Cats

I'm well used to a bit of political banter, and I'm especially fond of commentators with a sense of humour. There have been two fine examples of this today - the anonymous person now appearing in web blog searches asking: "Is Luke Akehurst the NUS git I used to know?" and Idiots For Labour nominating me twice in their spam roll of honour with the implication that I'm twice as stupid as the other nominees (I laughed until tears rolled down my cheeks). I'm especially fond of comedians who go by the name of Tom - especially when they are Labour councillors or MPs and/or former flatmates of mine. Earlier in the week, my old mucker Thicko had me in stitches: "Iain Dale loves his stats. Luke Akehurst does too. Luke though, is not a vain man. He worries not that his blog is found by the google search "I hate Luke" or that a proportion of his traffic comes from the fake Luke Akehurst site."

Tomcats doing what turns some people on

Tomcats doing what turns me on

Now it's the turn of Tom Harris MP (Glasgow South). His blog is brilliant - full of sound, sensible centre-right politics presented with a terrific sense of humour. Take for example this witty comment: "At the last anti-war demo in London, I couldn’t help but notice banners bearing the legend: "Support the resistance". Resistance? Not the French Resistance, surely?" Or this hilarious piece: "Doctor Who on Christmas day - what a disappointment! I actually fell asleep half way through and when I realised I’d missed a bit of the "plot", I couldn’t even be bothered to rewind and watch it."

Better still is this rib-tickling snorter: "And here’s my other prediction for next year: after May’s Scottish Parliament elections, Labour will still be the single biggest party at Holyrood." Wow! What a wag! Is it something about MPs called Tom that they seem to be the only people in the Commons really getting to grips with blogging?