Been attending Marxism 2004 and otherwise working furiously on a footling academic exercise (sob), so posting limited - however! The ever-reliable Jeremy at A general rant... has speedily digested and ruminated upon the best bits of the Butler report, so maybe you could read that.

In other news: by-elections tomorrow. Everything too close to call, it seems; the real story on the night should turn out to be Respect's credible showing in both seats. One hopes.