3rd February, 2011, 9:23 am

A band of unhappy Tories: 8 in the morning – February 3rd

Mark Ferguson

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Tory MPs feel like passengers rather than crew, says Tim Montgomerie.

* Why we’ll never be without spin doctors.

* Are TV pictures really the PM’s problem?

* £2 million aid money spent on papal visit.

* An antidote to Socialist despair.

* Trouble making Tory MP Dominic Raab says nothing happens if we defy Europe.

* Ex-MP Devine claimed expenses to clear overdraft , prosecution claims.

* And the Arab street is more complex than we grasp.

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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