The Week
Terror visions, suspect plans
Charles Clarke is determined to secure the right to detain terror suspects, but as Peter Riddell reports time is running out for his plans
Peter Riddell
The Week
National and International News
Commons
Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week’s key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman
The fast and the furious
The youthful Lib Dem picks the wrong week to starve in solidarity
Ed Davey
Lords
Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up the week’s developments in the House of Lords
Andrew Evans
Dr Zhivago to Don Carlos
Lord Wallace survives the snow and ice of Russia, only to slip in the slush at home
Lord Wallace
Cover feature
Limits of influence
Though well-intentioned, Tony Blair’s conference on the Middle East peace process is lightweight in terms of agenda, writes Ewen MacAskill
Ewen MacAskill
Interview
Victory over violence
Margaret Moran and Kate Allen discuss Amnesty International’s mission to challenge the mistreatment and sexual exploitation of women around the world
Margaret Moran
Party focus: Liberal Democrats
Fearless ambitions
As the election approaches the Tories and Labour are engaging in mud-slinging and scare-mongering while the Liberal Democrats offer principled and positive policies, writes Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Onwards and upwards
Party president Simon Hughes previews the Harrogate conference and explains how party members will leave energised and raring to enter the election battlefield
Simon Hughes
Big issues, big ideas
Senior Liberal Democrat front benchers outline their policies on the key issues of health, the economy, foreign affairs, transport, home affairs and education
Urban offensive
Lord Rennard explains why the polls indicate that the Liberal Democrats are well placed to turn their by-election success into real general election gains
Lord Rennard
Moving the mountain
Lord Rodgers rejoices in the changed political landscape of modern Britain and how it gives Lib Dems unstoppable momentum in the new millennium
Lord Rodgers
Stand up and be counted
Charles Kennedy’s troops need to do the hard yards in Parliament if they are to convince in their claim of being the real opposition, argues Greg Hurst
Greg Hurst
Leaving the Liberal benches
Chris Moncrieff on the Liberal Democrats who are standing down from Parliament at the next election
Chris Moncrieff
Leveraging the locals
Charles Kennedy will need plenty of energy if the Lib Dems are fully to exploit their grassroots strength at the coming general election, says Raj Persaud
Raj Persaud
Policy focus: Wales
Time to cut the apron strings
Moves to make Welsh politics as distinct from Westminster as Scotland’s have stalled on compromises and quarrelling – a situation that could well change after the next election, writes Tomos Livingstone
Tomos Livingstone
Getting ready for a rainy day
Wales and Westminster are currently singing from the same hymn sheet, but the Assembly can’t always assume such political harmony, warns Rhodri Morgan
Rhodri Morgan
Alternative to apathy
Nick Bourne says that while Labour is failing the people of Wales, the Conservatives are working hard to give the principality a viable choice
Nick Bourne
Revaluation crisis
Michael German on why the campaign to scrap the council tax will be gathering steam in Wales
Michael German
Hamstring injury
The state of the NHS in Wales is symptomatic of the wider political malaise, argues Ieuan Wyn Jones
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Special report: Gambling
Hitting the jackpot
John Greenway on how the pre-legislative scrutiny process was vital to the progress of the Gambling Bill
John Greenway
Elections
Electionwatch
A round up of recent elections
Dialogue
Dialogue: Compulsory voting
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Mark Tami and James Plaskitt
Other
Cobbett’sCorner
Chris Moncrieff takes a look at recent events
Chris Moncrieff
Backtrack...
This week in history
