Week on the web
Blog Article 18 April 2008
The prime minister has been in the US this week, and two things are certain: he is less famous than the Pope, and he doesn't have his own plane.
Week on the web
Blog Article 11 April 2008
Political leaders hope to avoid going into recess on the back foot, because with no fresh stories to keep the media busy, the old ones can stay in circulation like stale air on the London Underground.
Week on the web
Blog Article 28 March 2008
Lib Dem blogging queen Lynne Featherstone poses an interesting question this week - why do her party's bloggers "provide the online equivalent of committee meetings and pizza and politics events - vital but inward looking"?
PMQs - The Verdict
Blog Article 26 March 2008
Prime minister's questions is the Commons session when a good degree of tribal booing is indulged, but this week MPs - particularly on the Labour benches - were unusually full-throated.
PMQs - The Verdict
Blog Article 5 March 2008
Gordon Brown accused Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg of trying to transport the Commons back to the 1970s this week, with his call for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.
Week on the web
Blog Article 29 February 2008
Did online campaigning take a great leap forward this week?
PMQs - The Verdict
Blog Article 20 February 2008
You can bet there were many places Gordon Brown would rather be on his 57th birthday than in the chamber for prime minister's questions.
Week on the web
Blog Article 1 February 2008
Much more colourful than boring old complicated party donations irregularities, the Conway scandal has provoked something of a delighted frenzy.
PMQs - The Verdict
Blog Article 30 January 2008
With accusations of sleaze dominating the front pages and the rolling news channels, visitors to the public gallery might have been surprised to hear barely a whisper about money troubles at prime minister's questions this week.
Week on the web
Blog Article 4 January 2008
Skirmishes over the NHS aside, Westminster is still on holiday – leaving most commentators to the traditional new year pursuit of prognostication.
PMQs - The Verdict
Blog Article 21 November 2007
Et tu, Heathcoat-Amory? The Tory MP had the final question of Wednesday's prime minister's questions, and by using it to talk about the evils of wind farms he helped Gordon Brown off the hook.
Week on the web
Blog Article 9 November 2007
Cries of "splitters!" abound on the web this week as news unfolded of the splintering of Respect, with George Galloway hosting a rival conference at the same time as the party he represents in the Commons.
Week on the web
Blog Article 2 November 2007
The beauty of a phantom election is that all sides can claim victory, and political spotters can speculate without ever being proved wrong.
Week on the web
Blog Article 26 October 2007
The week ended with some good polls for the Tories, indifferent for Labour and pretty bad for the Liberal Democrats.
Week on the web
Blog Article 12 October 2007
The bars of Westminster - some of them refurbished - opened for business this week, and Labour MPs were sorely in need of fortification.
