Week's Most Read Stories This week 97,892 visitors made 308,963 visits to view 474,673 pages – traffic is down some 10% with parliament in recess and the political and media class are on the beach. The top stories in order of popularity were:
Should We Bring Back Hanging? 
The week kicked off on Monday with a saucy email that caused temperatures to rise at the European Parliament with allegations of sucking sluts around Klaus Welle, the Secrétaire Général. All was revealed in a Scandalous European Parliament Email.
Tuesday we admired the Guardian editor's pay rise despite his paper's million-pound-a-week losses and sung-along to Charmless Man, a tribute to Piers Morgan fit for Britain's Got Talent. Wednesday we were less amused that Milly Dowler's murderer was suing for compensation under human rights legislation. Private Eye came out and the bit about Piers Morgan was a little too good to stay offline, so we shared it.
Thursday saw the launch of the government's e-Petitions site, which immediately crashed under the strain. Guido debated the issue on Channel 4 News with Paul Flynn MP, much to the amusement of Krishnan Guru Murthy, judge for yourself who won.
Friday we opened fire on the Guardian's David Leigh over phone hacking. Turns out theGuardian was not above hacking itself. If convicted Leigh could face 2 years in jail. It turns out the News of the World hacked Maggie Thatcher's phones. The jails could soon be filled with former journalists, maybe Piers Morgan could organise a prison talent show...
Restore Justice Death Penalty e-Petition
It is a shocking fact that the murder rate has doubled since the abolition of hanging. Guido has been campaigning hard to force MPs to debate restoring the death penalty.
Click to find out more about the Restore Justice campaign.
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Monday, 8 August 2011
Piers Morgan Faces ???????????????
Last week the blog managed to be at the forefront of two stories; the inevitable unravelling of Piers Morgan and the campaign for the restoration of the death penalty.
Did you know the UK has the highest flight tax in the world...and is planning to increase it in time for next year's summer holiday? We already pay 8.5 times the EU average, so please user our online tool to petition your MP to persuade the Chancellor to keep his "Hands off our holiday" and cancel next year's planned flight tax increase.
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