Mark Seddon in The Guardian on the rehabilitation of a down-at-heel Victorian gent with boils on his bum.... with some useful economic advice for Gordon Brown. On the subject of political philosophers, TalkPolitics is compiling a 'web library' of political writings around the subject of democracy. He is open to suggestions. Talking of midlands-based bloggers (I'll get a job on Radio One with all these 'related' links) the UK Political Hack has some splendid stuff about Lib Dem things... and Birmingham City Council Tory/Lib Dem Leader, Mike Whitby.