Business alpha goes walkabout

Things are coming to a head in the battle of the business pundits on the FT's Alphaville blog. There was a shock double eviction yesterday on Click or Clunk, the Big Brother-style contest that sees Fleet Street's high priests of finance rated by readers. The Times's James Harding and the Telegraph's Damian Reece were both shown the exit door, leaving a thrilling two-horse battle between Nils Pratley of the Guardian and Jeremy Warner of the Independent. The winner will be unveiled tomorrow, but Warner may already be at a disadvantage, having taken this inopportune moment to go on holiday. "I'm taking time out of the house all next week," Warner tells Alphaville. "Don't bother to come looking. Even Sniffer of the Yard wouldn't be able to find me. Yet I vow to return assuming I'm not evicted in my absence." Stay tuned for tomorrow's result.