Cobbett's corner
Talking nonsense
Chris Moncrieff
Committee corridor
What price progress?
Joe Kimble reports on Jack Straw's appearance before the European Scrutiny Committee
Joe Kimble
Commons diary
A change in the political weather?
Gisela Stuart is on award-winning form and has a close-up view of the Tory leadership intrigue
Gisela Stuart
Commons Gallery
Hain rules out tax power
Epolitix.com editor Craig Hoy rounds up the week's key moments in the Commons
Craig Hoy
Holyrood view
Runaway train keeps on rolling
Robbie Dinwoodie reports on the initial hearings of the Fraser inquiry into the spiralling costs of the new Holyrood building, and finds that this issue is already overshadowing the important legislative programme of the second Parliament
Robbie Dinwoodie
Lords Diary
Digesting a week of politics
Lord McNally enjoys a rich and varied diet of political discourse
Lord McNally
Lords Gallery
THE QUESTION IS: THAT THE TITLE BE POSTPONED
Andrew Evans reports on the week's major developments in the Lords
Andrew Evans
media
The media's new monitor
As Ofcom prepares to assume its powers, Maggie Brown discusses the issues that the new regulator will initially have to deal with
Maggie Brown
Media
Roles and responsibilities
The way in which standards are protected must reflect the diversity of today's media, writes Tessa Jowell
Tessa Jowell
Public service with a purpose?
John Whittingdale looks ahead to the review of the BBC's Charter
John Whittingdale
Channelling quality
Don Foster discusses how best to manage a rapidly changing broadcast media
Don Foster
A civic challenge for renewal
John Lloyd discusses the media-political class dynamic in the UK, and calls on journalists to develop a narrative that sets a context for the wider, more informed, pursuit of politics
John Lloyd
The debate rumbles on...
Andrew Sparrow charts the rise of the Westminster lobby correspondent
Andrew Sparrow
A brief revival
Michael Kallenbach discusses newspaper coverage of parliamentary proceedings
Michael Kallenbach
Memorial
Below is the text of an Address given by Lord Deedes at last month's Memorial Service for Sir Denis Thatcher
Below is the text of an Address given by Lord Deedes at last month's Memorial Service for Sir Denis Thatcher
Rt Hon Lord Deedes KBE MC DL
Week in Westminster
Game on again
Colin Brown says one of the first tasks for Michael Howard, as he assumes the Tory leadership, is to decide how much support to give to the government on the issue of Iraq
Colin Brown
