The issue of a referendum over the new EU treaty has dominated much of the blogosphere this week, with a Daily Mail poll on Monday screaming that nearly a quarter of Labour supporters were in favour of a public vote.

Shadow Europe minister Mark Francois told this website that Gordon Brown should use his meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel to stress the need for a referendum.

The prime minister's decision to put the matter to Parliament rather than the public got up the backs of many of the Tory bloggers.

In the absence of Nick Robinson, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg says that Brown - especially in light of his pledge to make the government a "better servant of the people" - could find it difficult to justify his decision after trade unions joined the rallying call.

David Lindsay does not understand why the government is holding back on the referendum, claiming it would undoubtedly deliver a 'yes vote'.

In an article for ePolitix.com on Thursday, Europe minister Jim Murphy set out the government's position on the new document and says it would not transfer key powers away from the UK.

However, the Guardian's Martin Kettle says that Brown does not "really get" the need to maintain links with Germany - "the most important country in the European Union".

The ruling that it would be a breach of human rights to deport Phillip Lawrence's murderer Learco Chindamo provided the perfect context for Cameron's assault on 'anarchy in the UK'. His shameless plagiarism of the Sex Pistols classic is, however, inexcusable.

Conservativehome welcomes Cameron's focus on tackling social disorder, and calls on the Tory leader to use crime as a platform to fight the next general election.

It also prompted a renewed wave of criticism of the Human Rights Act, with Iain Dale raises the issue of Lawrence's widow's rights and Dizzy offering evidence of his self-confessed "crypto-fascism" by arguing that human rights have removed peoples' liberties, and that actually "they do not exist".

Dizzy also picks up on a report by left-wing campaign group Compass which claims Boris Johnson is "by far the most right-wing candidate ever to be presented by a major party for mayor of London". This, according to the Spectator's Coffee House, is not that surprising considering the Tories have only ever fielded Steve Norris in the previous two mayoral contests.

Labour bloggers are almost equally critical of the report, saying that Compass should make politics about policies rather than personalities by offering positive reasons why Ken Livingstone should be re-elected.

And finally, speculation has been mounting over who will become the new MP for Hull East, with veteran Labour's John Prescott reportedly (he dismissed the reports) due to stand down before the next general election. Guido notes that the former deputy prime minister - often regarded as something of a working-class warrior - will receive a pension worth more than £1,000 every week.