What Bill Gates told Labour MPs this week

The Microsoft billionaire's talk to the Parliamentary Labour Party was inspiring.

Review: John Bright: Statesman, Orator, Agitator

The former foreign and home secretary Douglas Hurd reviews Bill Cash's biography of John Bright

The people’s party has been disconnected

Labour desperately wants to rebuild its relationship with the working class, but who are they?

Finding your inner iron lady

The outspoken bag-carrier on a new warzone

Review: John Bright: Statesman, Orator, Agitator

Life: Review: John Bright: Statesman, Orator, Agitator

The former foreign and home secretary Douglas Hurd reviews Bill Cash's biography of John...  

2012: London’s Year (and probably Boris’s)

Opinion by Andrew Hawkins / 25 Jan 2012

2012: London’s Year (and probably Boris’s)

Andrew Hawkins looks at the year’s big event – no, not the Olympics. Will...  

Theresa May: A feminist in kitten heels

Articles by Amber Elliott / 24 Jan 2012

Theresa May: A feminist in kitten heels

She’s had a run in with Ken Clarke, a cat, a civil servant and...  

Review: The Conservatives: A History 

Life: Review: The Conservatives: A History 

Keith Simpson reviews Robin Harris's one-volume history of the Conservative Party...  

Drinks with... Dylan Sharpe

Campaigns by Shane Greer / 11 Jan 2012

Drinks with... Dylan Sharpe

Shane Greer takes out the Countryside Alliance’s Dylan Sharpe, formerly of the No to...  

Time for some ethics in business

Opinion by Lisa Nandy MP / 09 Jan 2012

Time for some ethics in business

Lisa Nandy MP says it’s time for a change in the field of business...  

The next generation

Articles by Caroline Crampton / 05 Jan 2012

The next generation

Caroline Crampton interviews Charles Hendry MP about his department’s plans for energy generation for...  

History: A moment of madness

David Stack examines a dark moment in the UK’s history, the enactment of the...  

Miliband for Change

Articles by Amber Elliott / 04 Jan 2012

Miliband for Change

For the first time, Movement for Change opens its doors to the press. Amber...  

Finding your inner iron lady

Blog by Felicity Parkes / 27 Jan 2012

Finding your inner iron lady

The outspoken bag-carrier on a new warzone...  

Bill Cash: ‘I call myself a eurorealist rather than a eurosceptic’

Blog by Caroline Crampton / 26 Jan 2012

Bill Cash: ‘I call myself a eurorealist rather than a eurosceptic’

Ahead of an unusual Commons debate on Europe, Caroline Crampton talks to eurosceptic champion...  

The Cameron curse

Opinion by James Lyons / 24 Jan 2012

The Cameron curse

The Daily Mirror's deputy political editor shares his horror stories of travelling with the...  

Tanni Grey-Thompson and welfare reform

Blog by Caroline Crampton / 18 Jan 2012

Tanni Grey-Thompson and welfare reform

The Paralympic athlete turned crossbench peer has made an outstanding contribution to the process...  

They were also MPs: William Cobbett

History: They were also MPs: William Cobbett

The pamphleteer, journalist and farmer believed that reformation was vital to the countryside economy....  

Online, on target

Campaigns by Melanie Batley / 10 Jan 2012

Online, on target

Don’t forget that social networking is now the biggest tool in your campaigning box...  

Researchers' stories

Life: Researchers' stories

Our anonymous staffers lift the lid on what really goes on in Westminster...  

The 25 club: Diane Abbott

Articles by Holly Smith / 04 Jan 2012

The 25 club: Diane Abbott

Holly Smith talks to the shadow health minister and former Labour leadership contender about...  

Review: The Iron Lady

Life: Review: The Iron Lady

Ben Duckworth reviews a gold-plated impression of the first lady of British politics by...  

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