Fab 5: Friday 8 January 2010

After the excitement of this week’s political machinations, we have a more varied selection of articles and posts for you to consider in today’s Fab 5. Have a good weekend.

  • Matthew Paris, writing for The Times, doesn’t believe Hoon and Hewitt actually intended to depose Gordon Brown.
  • Scandal in Northern Ireland: The Guardian’s Michael White on the Robinson affair.
  • Left Foot Forward highlight financial irregularities with the BNP.
  • Sunder Katwala writes in praise of Conservative PR guru Steve Hilton following revelations that he was arrested last year.
  • And finally, if you haven’t seen it, take a look at a snow-covered UK from space on the BBC News website.