By tradition doctors were supposed to promise that they would “first do no harm”, although the phrase does not appear in the Hippocratic oath. Full Article at Times Online

The fuse that led to Pierre Lellouche’s extraordinary explosion was lit by David Cameron when he faced losing the Tory leadership election. Full Article at Times Online

In 2007 the Tory leader promised a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty When the Czech President Vaclav Klaus finally bowed to overwhelming pressure on Tuesday and signed the Lisbon Treaty, he remarked with great sadness that his country was giving up its... Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

By abandoning a referendum, to the despair of Tory grassroots, David Cameron has dodged any confrontation with Brussels Conservative leader David Cameron travelling by tube in London on the day he announced the new Conservative policy on Europe, which... Full Article at Comment Is Free

David Davis's article this morning is forceful. But it needs to be understood alongside his earlier decision to quit Parliament and force a by-election over 42 days. Full Article at Times Online

NASHUA – A PTO can’t sell its baked goods without customers. An election official doesn’t typically have time to read a book. But these were circumstances facing those who worked Tuesday at the city’s nine polling stations. Full Article at Nashua Telegraph

David Cameron needs to find a new policy that will satisfy the whole party Tory leader David Cameron is to set out his party's new policy on Europe, after they conceded a referendum promised on the Lisbon Treaty was not possible. Full Article at BBC News

Published: 10/30/2009 2:24 AM Last Modified: 10/30/2009 2:33 AM Horses from the Tulsa Police Department's Mounted Patrol Unit, which is being cut from the city's budget, will go to nonprofit equestrian programs, Mayor Kathy Taylor said Thursday. Full Article at Tulsa World

VICTORIAN Liberal kingmaker Philip Davis has told disgruntled Liberal MPs to stop undermining Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu, saying there will be no change of leader before next year's election and they should concentrate on defeating Labor and... Full Article at The Age

Teenager Robert Grant helped guide Accrington to victory against local rivals Rochdale at Spotland. The visitors took the lead when Sean McConville sent in a great cross, and Grant rose highest to head home his eighth goal of the campaign (45). Full Article at Teletext

THE fact that Darlington have already used 30 players in 13 games is an indication of just how traumatic their season has been, with Quakers limping from one game to the next. Full Article at The Northern Echo

THE Brimbank Council and Kororoit byelection affairs could come back to haunt the State Government before next year's election after the Supreme Court yesterday ordered Premier John Brumby to produce any documents held in his office relating to the... Full Article at The Age

PUBLIC service fat cats have been lavished with millions of dollars in bonuses while taxpayers queue for late trains and hospital beds. In the past financial year bureaucrats lapped up more than $7 million in performance incentive payments. Full Article at Herald Sun

Three years ago this month Jack Straw argued his case for urging Muslim women who attend his MP's surgery to remove their niqab. He said that he wanted to start a debate. In this, at least, he was successful. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

JUST on 10 years ago, Ted Baillieu, the newly elected member for Hawthorn, was in Jeff Kennett's nominated cabinet as the minister for local government and sport. Full Article at The Age

STATE Liberal MPs have launched a scathing attack on their leader Ted Baillieu, with one saying he is leading the party ''to the slaughter'' at next year's election. In a fresh outbreak of disunity, MPs have told The Age that Mr Baillieu is invisible, ' Full Article at The Age

Experts say small businesses create seven of every 10 new jobs, which means some mom-and-pop shops in Waco were adding to their staffs in September. Full Article at Waco Tribune-Herald

The Express’ William Hickey column reports that David Davis, not Chris Grayling, will serve as Home Secretary should the Tories win the election. Full Article at Spectator Magazine

To that most traumatic of conference fixtures: the breakfast fringe meeting, this one featuring The Independent's Steve Richards in conversation with the Tory frontbencher-turned-civil liberties trailblazer David Davis. Full Article at Comment Is Free