by Joe Dyke / 25 Aug 2011
What influence has the turmoil in the Arab world had on the price of oil? Find out with Joe Dyke's interactive graphic and commentary
by Joe Dyke / 08 Jun 2010
Last night the Conservative MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Simon Hart made his maiden speech in Parliament, and I am sure it is one that won't be forgotten in a while.
by Joe Dyke / 16 Apr 2010
Anyone would be mad to want to be a politician in the current climate, wouldn't they? Joe Dyke finds out why some of the most high profile candidates chose to stand at this electionWho would want to be a politician now? For the next generation, life will perhaps be more difficult than ever before.
by Joe Dyke / 26 Feb 2010
Matthew Elliott is the chief executive and founder of the controversial think tank, the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
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by Joe Dyke / 25 Feb 2010
Today the Director of Public Prosecutions’ guidelines on euthanasia and assisted suicide are to be published.
by Joe Dyke / 24 Feb 2010
As part of an exclusive online feature, every week Total Politics interviews a key figure in the British blogoshere.
by Joe Dyke / 24 Feb 2010
A former Buckinghamshire councillor died from smoke inhalation and burn injuries in a car found on a country road.
by Joe Dyke / 22 Feb 2010
So Gordon Brown has allegedly bullied some civil servants.
by Joe Dyke / 19 Feb 2010
Over the past year, Total Politics has done four lists of key figures who affect politicians’ judgements: The Top 100 Lobbyists, the Top 100 Political Journalists, the Top 100 Bloggers and the new poll of the Top 50 Political Influencers.
by Joe Dyke / 19 Feb 2010
A Mostyn councillor has offered only a partial apology for aiming a V-sign towards a colleague.
by Joe Dyke / 17 Sep 2010
With a downturn in parliamentary humour set to match the downturn in the economy, the Commons seems to have lost its comedic bite.
by Joe Dyke / 28 May 2010
So Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat who apparently had the most reservations about the coalition deal of the top team, has stepped down from his role as Lib Dem deputy party leader and endorsed Simon Hughes as his successor who seems a shoe-in for the post.
by Joe Dyke / 19 Mar 2010
Joe Dyke gives the low-down on picking the right satellite navigation systemMio Navman S505 £149.
by Joe Dyke / 26 Feb 2010
The TaxPayers' Alliance will look to use Tory referendum plans to trigger a public vote on Britain's membership of the EU if the Conservatives win the general election.
by Joe Dyke / 25 Feb 2010
Only a week after Sir Nicholas Winterton’s embarrassing statement about travelling first-class, another Conservative official has been accused of being a "dinosaur".
by Joe Dyke / 24 Feb 2010
The former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf spoke in the House of Lords yesterday marking out his plans for a return to front-line politics.
by Joe Dyke / 23 Feb 2010
The attacks in Newry may represent a new phase in the dissident Republican campaign: attacks specifically on catholics.
by Joe Dyke / 22 Feb 2010
A senior Labour councillor in Sheffield has been accused of using council money for political campaigning.
by Joe Dyke / 19 Feb 2010
Is Purnell really walking away from it all? In this month’s magazine, we have an article about the vast number of MPs stepping down - a list to which we can now add the former work and pensions secretary James Purnell.
by Joe Dyke / 19 Feb 2010
Cloud computing is a mysterious phrase to many in politics, but it's one we ought to become familiar with.
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