Huhne revealed to be behind catgate tip off

So the cat is out the bag,so to speak over Energy secretary's strange tweet on Friday.

Chris Huhne's slip of the fingers appears to have related to him dropping into the ether the story that Teresa May's cat speech certain similarities to one that Mr Farage had made to Ukip.

The cat deportation episode sparked off the only mildly contoversial moment of last week's Tory Party conference,setting the Home Secretary at war with her fellow cabinet colleague Ken Clarke.

The cabinet minister was asked about the mistake on the BBC's Politics Show earlier today.

He admitted that he has noticed that his local rag,The Eastleigh News was running a recording of Mrs May's speech alongside a recording of a similar speech by Mr Farage.

According to the BBC,Mr Huhne said

"I have left a message for her (Mrs May) but I haven't managed to speak to her. I left a message on her voicemail."

Maya the cat-an accident waiting to happen?

Brilliant piece in this morning's Guardian by the excellent Jonathan Freedland.

Some Tories are measuring the success of their party conference by the fact that the biggest story yo come out of it is Maya the cat but Freedland writes that its very nature has exposed their vulnerability.

He says

It seems trivial – and it is. But in this miniature row one could glimpse some of the vulnerabilities of an apparently dominant Conservative party, of which a tendency towards cock-up and tension at the top are the most minor. More important, May's original remarks – made by the woman who famously told the Tories they were "the nasty party" – suggested a reversion to type, as the original Cameroonian bid to decontaminate the Tory brand by relocating on the softer centre-ground of British politics gives way to a familiar, hard-edged Conservatism.