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Sorry for the continued silence on arbitrary constant for the past couple of weeks. Here's a round-up of things I've missed:

— David Davis's resignation over the 42-day detention limit. As many have pointed out, he's a curious defender of civil liberties, especially given that he still believes in capital punishment. The by-election will be a farce; on which, Mad-Cow Girl, the by-election candidate for the Monster Raving Loony Party, has spoken more sense than David Davis:

I may be a loony, but I'm not mad enough to want dangerous people walking free in the name of political correctness.

— The Irish have voted no to the amending Lisbon treaty. As Oliver Kamm points out:

The successful "No" campaign in the Irish referendum argued[that] commissioners should continue to be drawn from each member state - a nice instance of a populist campaign in favour of unelected rule from Brussels.

— The Tory talk about the "post-bureaucratic state" hasn't gone down well at Prospect: "No wonder they're known as the 'stupid party'".

— Positive discrimination, for women and people from BME backgrounds, is to be introduced. Details here and here.

— One of Boris's advisers has already resigned, due to comments that could have been (mis)represented as racist. The Spectator has the story.

— In a recent 20-20 match, Graham Napier hit 152 not out off 58 deliveries, including 16 sixes and 29 runs off the last over.

Tags — General Interest