Cameron's Tories pull off a miracle

Initially detoxifying the Tory brand? That's hard.

On the other hand - making Gordon Brown's Labour government look competent, consistent, and caring? That's a bloody miracle.

Plant identification request

Does anyone know offhand what this is? Some previous owner or tenant planted it neatly in between the lavender & rosemary, right where I want to put more herbs, and as far as I can tell it's neither use nor ornament. (Obviously I have not attempted to apply the binary edibility test.)