But, as usual, I will also be flagging up any breaking political news, posting summaries with a round-up of all the day's developments, and highlighting the most interesting political articles on the web.
But after a clear defeat – 55.3% to 44.7% – the SNP had been thrown a lifeline within hours of the result, undermining the Labour party and highlighting a path to a second referendum.
Highlighting its extreme sensitivity, the Afghan government did not formally announce the intelligence-sharing deal and denied that Pakistan will train and equip Afghan officers.
Sharma said: "The analysis … speaks for itself in highlighting seats with larger numbers of voters with an ethnic minority background and their potential electoral impact.
On the television news, there has been generous and sympathetic coverage, with American reporters in London portraying the party at Buckingham Palace as a jolly event and highlighting Prince Charles's speech.
Oxfam urged the chancellor George Osborne to use Wednesday's budget to make a fresh assault on tax avoidance and introduce a living wage in a report highlighting how a handful of the super-rich, headed by the Duke of Westminster, have more money and financial assets than 12.6 million Britons put together.
While I can't deny that targets play an important role in highlighting this issue and kickstarting change, it's important to remember that they have limitations.
Ed Davey noted yesterday that the Paris summit is likely to fall well short of the 2-degree target, highlighting the gap between what is scientifically sufficient and what is politically possible.
National Grid has called on electricity suppliers to declare how much spare capacity they could muster to cover peak times either side of Christmas – highlighting the possibility of power shortages this winter.
Senussi was also involved in targeting influential western academics with the aim of highlighting the emergence of a "new Libya".
This article was amended on 19 December 2012 to clarify details of the initiative highlighting the plight of political prisoners.
