Jon Bright (London, OK): I've just come from the University of Westminster where Gordon Brown was delivering a speech on the them of 'Liberty', and I&
Mike Small (Fife, The Guardian): Everybody's sorry these days. Des Brown. David Cairns. Big Gordon. Wendy's probably sorry but we've not heard from her
Nan Sloane (Leeds, Centre for Women and Democracy): Does it really matter that only 19.8% of our MPs are women, that women constitute a mere 31% of local councillors,
Passage to Iraq
A one-legged suspected terrorist on trial in Belgium has promised to reveal the secrets of Islamist networks that funnel militants from Europe to Iraq. Younes Loukili,
Hugo Robinson (London, Open Europe): In an earlier posting, Jonathan Church at the Federal Trust suggests the Government's refusal to hold the promised referendum on the revised EU
Andrew Blick (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Jack Straw - the first MP to be Lord Chancellor - appeared before a Lords Committee for the first time last night. Their main interest was in
Akash Paun (London, Constitution Unit): Tomorrow's debate on the Modernisation Committee's report, Revitalising the Chamber: The role of the backbench member (opens pdf), offers the Brown
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Everyone in Westminster, and probably the country at large, knows that the trade in honours goes on. John Yates of the Yard knows it too
Kiran Dhami (London, Women's Resource Centre): Women's Resource Centre, Urban Forum and Oxfam are calling on the Government to set targets to improve women's
Jon Bright (London, OK): Lots and lots of roaring and slavering still over the EU treaty. This from the Open Europe newsletter, on an article called "Beware the grip
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): With an electoral system that diminishes, inhibits and fractures their election results and the traditional two-party mindset of the political class (politicians and journalists
Rupert Read (Norwich, The Green Party): A crisis can provoke the best in political leadership. Immediacy and clarity, brought on by the realisation of danger, can make middle-of-the-
