National interest must come before party politics, the prime minister says of his appointment of Peter Mandelson.

Pershore's Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Richard Burt attended an award ceremony for Capers delicatessen on Pershore High Street this Thursday.

Up to one in three of the postcards distributed by Liberal Democrats in areas surrounding threatened post offices have already been posted back to local parliamentary candidate, Richard Burt.

Local Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt has reacted with derision to a Conservative press statement lauding former City investment manager and Conservative opponent, Harriett Baldwin's involvement as team leader in a 2005 report published by the Centre for Policy

Pershore's Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt has taken up the cudgels on behalf of two patients who complained about posters displayed in Pershore Medical Practice in Queen Elizabeth Drive, Pershore.

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt and local Liberal Democrat, Steve Brown are backing residents in Upper Welland opposed to plans to close their post office and replace it with an outreach service.

Over 200 Kempsey residents packed Kempsey Parish Church last night for a public meeting to protest about plans to build 3000 extra homes on the outskirts of St Peter's that would 'join Kempsey to Worcester by the hip'.

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt attended the South Worcestershire Joint Core Strategy meeting on housing options at the Foley Arms in Malvern last night.

Bedford Town Centre is to be declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) following the success of a Liberal Democrat proposal at last night's meeting of the General Purposes Committee of Bedford Borough Council. The decision commits the council to

The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 will not require health plan providers to give mental health coverage to insured individuals but if they do so, they'll have to shoulder the treatment

It's tough making ends meet at the St. Louis Zoo®, what with that free admission thing and all those international wildlife conservation programs. That's why the Zoo® has all those extra attractions you have to pay for, and fundraising drives

A confidential Spanish defence ministry report has alleged Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped arm the Taliban in 2005 for assassination plots against the Afghan government, media reports said. The confidential report, obtained by Cadena Ser radio and posted on the

The army has foiled an infiltration bid by armed militants, who tried to intrude under the cover of firing from the Pakistan side along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, making it the fourth such

This evening's Rescue Rangers are PaintyKat, vcmvo2, jennyjem, Avila, Shayera, and srkp23, with Got a Grip in the editor's chair. Family Values Janusdog writes of the enduring legacies of trauma silently transmitted in The Haunting, or The Family Narrative. (srkp23)

PLEASE NOTE - This is not an open thread and is intended for diaries and discussion of downticket races. For all the introductory stuff and links to previous diaries in the series, please look below the fold... This Rescue Diary

K-Lo gushes over her new crush: AND THE WINNER IS Sarah Palin won this debate and puts the campaign in a great position to rail against the media. Whatever she did before this debate - prayed? - is what she

Pundits have low standards these days, especially Republicans. Otherwise, they'd be in a fetal position over the unserious choice of Sarah Palin. David Brooks: Sarah Palin didn't suck, therefore Republicans everywhere sighed a sigh of relief and climbed off the

Sarah Boseley at The Guardian writes: US cuts funding for condoms in Marie Stopes' African clinics The US government is cutting its funding for the supply of contraceptives to family planning clinics run by Marie Stopes International in Africa, alleging

James Wolcott, on Rich Lowry's "Care Bears and Jenna Jameson" moment: Good thing Palin didn't blow a kiss at the camera or Lowry might have fucking fainted. I'm not a licensed psychotherapist but when you think the people on TV

Today's Daily Kos Research 2000 tracking poll has Obama up over McCain 52-40. All trackers are data from three days prior to posting, with the R2K numbers from today (yesterday's numbers in parentheses) and the other trackers from yesterday (previous