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The Week
National and International News
Week in Westminster
The new league of libertarians
David Cameron is a man the Lib Dems might want to do business with, says Sam Macrory
Sam Macrory
Commons
Commons Gallery
Daniel Forman reports on the week’s key developments in the Commons
Daniel Forman
Cause for hope
Sir Patrick Cormack surveys a hectic few days at Westminster and in Northern Ireland
Sir Patrick Cormack
Lords
The constitutional coalface
Lord Norton spends another week shuttling between those framing legislation in Westminster and those studying it in Hull
Lord Norton
Lords Gallery
Andrew Evans rounds up the week's developments in the House of Lords
Andrew Evans
Feature Story
Sincerity or semantics?
David Cameron may have put a spring back in the Tory step, but can he wrest control of the big issues from Blair and Brown and start to make the political running? Sunder Katwala examines the forthcoming battle to define and occupy the centre ground of British politics
Sunder Katwala
Interview
A safe pair of hands?
Just as the sport threatens to go mainstream, Lord Pendry finds the head of English cricket fighting for TV rights, school coaching – and freedom from political pressure
Lord Pendry
Robin Cook
Devilment and diplomacy
Robin Cook was last week posthumously awarded with The House Magazine Award for services to Parliament. Here Sherard Cowper-Coles, who served as Cook’s private secretary, recalls a man who was as playful as he was professional
Sherard Cowper-Coles
Policy Focus: Transport
One less for the road
It’s time to end the scourge of drink-driving once and for all, says Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling
Towards a hi-tech homeland
Security must be re-examined on public transport without delay, says Alan Duncan
Alan Duncan
Safe at any speed
Public and private transport would be safer under the Lib Dems, says Tom Brake
Tom Brake
Mind the security gap
Public transport can never be the same again after 7 July, says Gwyneth Dunwoody
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lessons learnt – at last
A spate of deadly accidents followed the privatisation of the railways, says Christian Wolmar, but train travel is now safer than ever
Christian Wolmar
Stuck on amber
The Road Safety Bill has good points but doesn’t go far enough, says Louise Ellman
Louise Ellman
From cockpit to bearpit
The mental discipline of the pilot has parallels with that of the MP, says Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps
No sleeping policemen
The network nature of rail demands a dedicated police force, says Ian Johnston
Ian Johnston
Exhausting options
More investment is required if renewable fuels are to take off, says Richard Burden
Richard Burden
Bucket and spade stampede
The West Midlands doesn’t need another passenger airport, says Jeremy Wright
Jeremy Wright
Roads aren’t rocket science
Some very simple measures could transform road safety, insists Kevin Clinton
Kevin Clinton
Commons commuters
Many of our MPs are reluctant experts on the foibles and failings of Britain’s transport network – we hear some travellers’ tales...
Special report
Unilateralism is not enough
Returning from a visit to the region, Mike Gapes detects signs of progress in the Middle East – but the doves aren’t hovering over Jerusalem just yet
Mike Gapes
Other
Cobbett's Corner
Chris Moncrieff's pithy take on politics
Chris Moncrieff
Dialogue
A smoking ban in enclosed public places
Julie Morgan and Laurence Robertson
Electionwatch
A round up of recent and forthcoming elections
Backtrack...
This week in history
