Jon Bright (London, OK): Sometimes politicians produce statements so blandly hypocritical that one wonders if they have actually deceived themselves. Current International Development Secretary Hilary Benn may not think that
Charles Grant (London, Centre for European Reform): This week Gordon Brown has to make a choice that will define his prime ministership. Either he supports Tony Blair in trying to
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): One story this picture tells us is about who isn't there.
Prince Charles and his wife plus two of our ex-Prime Ministers take the
Tom Griffin (London, The Green Ribbon): Is the real story behind Alex Salmond's trip to Belfast not so much the creation of a Celtic alliance but the emergence
Peter Facey (London, Unlock Democracy): Alex Salmond's visit to Northern Ireland today may be the start of a new chapter in Britain's short history of devolution.
Jon Bright (London, OK): In his last appearance before the Commons liaison committee today, Tony Blair criticised the idea of a fully elected House of Lords - saying we "
Andreas Whittam Smith (London, Independent): Sue Cameron writes a feisty piece in the Financial Times telling us what a supine bunch we are for not telling the prime minister-in-waiting what
James Graham (London, Unlock Democracy): The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill, commented on many times below, is dead. Not a single member of the House of Lords would sponsor it.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The wonderful ePolitix reports in the future on the speech that Cameron is about to give later today, perhaps the most important of his leadership according
Neal Lawson (London, Compass): The left has played fast and lose with democracy. It still sees it as a means to achieve the capture of state power, a purely instrumental
Community and copyright at Dubrovnik, plus Carl Djerassi and Sarah Lindon on our renga storytelling experiment
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): This week the Sun launched a blistering campaign ahead of Blair's meeting with EU leaders on Thursday 21 June. Faced with the prospect of
