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Parliament Articles

Honourable Friends? Parliament and the Fight for Change

A few years ago, I had the privilege of interviewing Caroline Lucas about a subject we both care about and have a history of involvement with – nuclear energy. It was a wide-ranging interview. During it, I found Lucas to be engaging, warm and polite to the point of...

The lobotomised parliament

The reward for the victors of the 2010 general election was paid in a devalued currency. The status of the job of a member of parliament had been stripped of its high prestige by the expenses scandal. The default press and public image was one of ridicule and...

Cameron, Clarkson and the Chipping Norton way

Rightwing controversy-seeking television presenter Jeremy Clarkson was sacked by the BBC this week after an internal report undertaken by the corporation found that the self-styled warrior against political correctness physically and verbally assaulted a TV producer....

Let the cameras into the Commons – don’t cover up what it is really like

It was the final prime minister’s questions of this parliament today, the last Commons debate ever probably between Ed Miliband and David Cameron. Members of parliament were boisterous and rowdy. Just 43 days to go to the general election and on 30 March parliament is...