Martin Kettle says the George Osborne-Oleg Deripaska saga shows we live in "an age of cant".
The BBC's editor of political news defends the corporation's coverage of the Osborne-Deripaska story.
Steve Richards in the Independent suggests that Osborne and Peter Mandelson would be less likely to make mistakes if their parties were powerful enough to restrain them.
Martin Bright in the New Statesman on how the Tories are exploiting a loophole in the party funding legislation.
Jeff Randall in the Daily Telegraph on Osborne and "Mandelirium" in Downing Street.
Edward Pearce's obituary of the former rightwing Tory MP David Evans.
Anything else? If you've read anything particularly good, please mention it.
