At heart, the Big Society ?C as the welfare reforms announced yesterday demonstrate so clearly ?C amounts to a rejection of the two ideologies which have shaped British public life since the Second World War. The first of these flows from the terrible, though understandable, error made by Clem Attlee??s Labour government in the wake of its 1945 election landslide. Attlee misinterpreted the defeat of Hitler. He concluded that our momentous national triumph had been a victory for the British state, when in fact it was a victory for the British people.

14.50 The Prince of Wales took the role of postman today when he agreed to deliver a well-wisher's card and a 10 note to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Yesterday the online version of GTA V went live amid concerns that a surge in demand would lead to connection problems and cause glitches in the software.

Cable said his warning on complacency was aimed at "commentary" and "reactions" to the data rather than any specific individual.

Oh dear.