The Week
News round up

Confront the enemy within
Recent polls suggest that only over-confidence and an arrogant streak stand in the way of a third Labour victory, writes James Blitz
James Blitz

Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week’s key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman

The new Highland clearances
Losing its oil was bad enough; now Scotland is losing its brightest and best
Angus Robertson

Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up the week’s developments in the House of Lord
Andrew Evans

Home thoughts from abroad
A year on from his review of the intelligence on WMD, Lord Butler finds it hard to lie low
Lord Butler

Back of an envelope election?
The man who recently pronounced the Ukrainian elections unsound asks the chairman of the Electoral Commission whether Britain’s are any safer
Bruce George

Wedding welcome
The announcement that Prince Charles will marry Camilla Parker Bowles has highlighted the flexibility and adaptability of the British constitution, writes Vernon Bogdanor
Vernon Bogdanor

Beer and sandwiches fortwo and a half million?
As some of Britain’s largest unions discuss merger, ePolitix.com’s Daniel Forman considers how the movement may evolve over the course of the next Parliament
Daniel Forman

Losing touch?
Leonard Doyle on the response of western leaders to the Asian tsunami crisis
Leonard Doyle

Triumph out of tragedy
Hilary Benn hopes that public generosity over the Asian tsunami could galvanise the international community into effective action on third world aid
Hilary Benn

Hope rather than handouts
Promises of vast sums to ease third world debt must be coupled with clear and transparent governance of how and where the money is spent, argues Alan Duncan
Alan Duncan

Heeding nature’s warning
Tom Brake finds wider lessons in the Asian tsunami for global trade and environmental protection, which we in the west would do well to remember
Tom Brake

Raising the bar
Baroness Chalker looks at how global communications as well as generational change have put international development at the top of the political agenda
Baroness Chalker

Time to make history
It’s time to make good on millennium development goals, argues Tony Baldry
Tony Baldry

Swords into ploughshares?
Clare Short on how the War on Terror has undermined the UN and broken the international consensus on building a just world order
Clare Short

Petitioning for fairer trade
Gisela Stuart sees an early opportunity in the new EU constitution to mobilise ‘people power’ on behalf of the world’s poor
Gisela Stuart

Dialogue: EU Constitution
from: Ian Davidson to David Curryfrom: David Curry to Ian Davidson
Ian Davidson and David Curry

Cobbett’s Corner
Chris Moncrieff takes a look at recent events
Chris Moncrieff

Electionwatch
A look at recent elections

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