WATCH: Alexander struggles to deliver the Liberal Democrats’ alternative Budget

There weren’t many MPs in the House for Danny’s big moment, but they still managed to make plenty of noise.

Against tactical voting

There are two reasons not to take this route if one has a strong party preference. One comes from the head, the other from the heart.

WATCH: Danny Alexander floats new tax evasion and avoidance laws

“We work hard and innovatively in thr midfield while the Tories are at the goalnouth trying to claim all the credit.”

Iain Dale: No, Balls isn’t anti-business. Indeed, he understands business.

Plus: Lord Ashcroft’s Scotland poll – I must revise my predictions. Abuse in Rotherham. An upset in Sheffield? My drivetime success. And: in memoriam, Martin Gilbert.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest poll finds the SNP ahead in 13 out of 14 Labour-held Scottish seats

If these results were replicated in May, Douglas Alexander would lose his seat. So, too, would the Liberal Democrats’ Danny Alexander.

Reggie to Dessie: Does your NOTBUM look big in this?

Including the latest from the rolling future leadership hustings at the Pale, Male and stale Dining Club.

Has Clegg sidestepped the Lib Dem left?

The party’s election line-up demotes or sidelines prominent left-wingers and gives vital portfolios to men better-disposed towards the Conservatives.

Iain Dale: My clash this week with Cable

Plus: Marr again. Shot foxes. Unhatted rabbits. Bercow’s revenge. Sir Trevor Brooking’s posterior. And: thanks to Stuart in customer services, who made this column possible.

The Lib Dems’ comprehensive Autumn Statement flounce

Clegg hides from the Autumn Statement. Cable sends weird letters to the OBR. Is this really the differentiation strategy?

The roads announcement and the battle for ownership

Whose policy was it really? Osborne and McLoughlin’s? Or Alexander and Clegg’s? Both sides are trying to claim credit.

From Reggie to Dessie: My Pale, Male and Stale plan to interview prospective leadership candidates

Of course our efforts at Rochester weren’t helped by the glitches in the new CCHQ computer “Darth Vader”.

Stephen Tall: How did it come to this? The Lib Dems’ seven key Coalition moments

From tuition fees to those Farage debates: the story of how my party went from Cleggmania to single digits in under five years.

Scottish battle lines drawn over the future of devolution

Also: NI police arrest twelve in anti-dissident raid; Lidl denies banning the Welsh language; and Scottish remembrance dogged by controversies.

Osborne has not given up on deficit reduction

Although Cameron and the Chancellor expected the deficit to be far smaller by now, they still have a credible strategy for dealing with it.

The Tories cannot forget the Great Promise that they made

Which was, and still is, to reduce the deficit. All of the current talk about tax cuts risks undermining that.