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France's Europe minister accuses Tories of 'bizarre autism' on EU

guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/04/france-autistic-tories-castrated-uk

As someone with Aspergers syndrome, I'm not particularly pleased to see the term 'autistic' used in such a context (or being put upon such an anemic political entity as the Conservative party of the United Kingdom), but Lellouche's rant (for lack of a better term) may stick. With Hannan and Helmer jumping ship off the front bench, Cameron's not exactly in the rosiest position for a forthcoming Murdoch-leader-elect.

They work for you

(This is only of use to UK readers, but citizens of other countries may have similar methods of following their elected representatives.)

http://www.theyworkforyou.com

Given that change is a-coming in the UK (by which they mean someone else has promised the Murdoch juggernaut that good tidings will come their way), now is probably a good time to have a look at what your MP is actually doing.

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk

You can also follow your local representative's voting records there.