Having my head buried in report writing over the past few days has meant little time to observe political comings and goings.

I did, however, catch Prime Ministers’ Questions, during a rest break and cup of tea. Hoping for some humour from Hague, which didn’t come. Harriet Harman performed well, which makes me think that Alan Johnson isn’t the shoe-in as the next Labour leader that everyone thinks. Anyway that’s a whole other story.

The big news for me is a splendid new development from Guido Fawkes’ blog, where he’s begun using Mindtracker to gauge audience response to the exchanges at PMQ’s. The following day, Guido published the analysis of the Mindtracker exercise.

Wonderfully illuminating stuff. Gaining insight into public opinion is always useful. Having your own opinions confirmed is also just as pleasing. Good work from Paul Staines, aka Guido Fawkes.