Redesigning lobbying
by Andrew Hawkins / 28 Nov 2011
Could the setting up of a statutory register of lobbyists prevent another Werrittygate? Andrew Hawkins investigates
Opinion
The Conservatives’ plan to win back the female vote
by George Pascoe-Watson / 24 Nov 2011
George Pascoe-Watson analyses David Cameron's chances of appealing to women voters
Letters
23 Nov 2011
TP's readers have their say on the EU, elected police commissioners and volunteer work for parliamentarians
Are we prepared for elected commissioners?
by Andrew Hawkins / 03 Nov 2011
Andrew Hawkins on the public view of the handling of civil disobedience law
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Labour has always been a party of capitalism
by Alasdair Thompson / 27 Oct 2011
Alasdair Thompson shines a bright-green spotlight on a labour of pure fiction
Should we renegotiate our link with the EU?
by George Eustice MP and Wayne David MP / 24 Oct 2011
George Eustice MP and Wayne David MP clash at the border between euro-championism and euroscepticism
Modernising Westminster
by Thomas Docherty / 07 Oct 2011
Thomas Docherty MP presents ideas for generating revenue from parliamentary resources
Lose some, win some
by David Skelton / 03 Oct 2011
David Skelton examines the policy losses and polling gains of the Conservative Party since May 2010
The road ahead for Labour
by Nick Pearce / 25 Sep 2011
Ed Miliband is showing a firm hand on the wheel, but is it enough to lead his party to victory at the next general election? Nick Pearce examines Labour’s current position
Where now for the Lib Dems?
by Chris Nicholson / 20 Sep 2011
Chris Nicholson looks at the challenges facing the Liberal Democrats. What does the future hold for Team Clegg?
Why Conor Burns doesn't want an elected Lords
by Conor Burns / 05 Sep 2011
Conor Burns, parliamentary private secretary to Hugo Swire, explains why he disagrees with an elected House of Lords
Can Britain ever learn to love Europe?
by Andrew Hawkins / 27 Aug 2011
Never openly hostile, the UK public has long been uncertain about membership of the European Union. Andrew Hawkins asks if the entente with our closest neighbours will ever be truly cordiale
The trouble with Labour’s sense of its own rich past
by Dan Hodges / 24 Nov 2011
Dan Hodges gets to grips with the Labour Party's hang-ups about its past
From the editor
by Ben Duckworth / 23 Nov 2011
Ben Duckworth introduces you to what's inside the December issue of Total Politics
A modern nativity
by Jane Merrick / 22 Nov 2011
In her diary, the Independent on Sunday's political editor Jane Merrick wonders whether we might be about to see the start of 'Occupy Christmas'
The government has called it wrong on EMA
by Nic Dakin / 29 Oct 2011
Nic Dakin MP condemns the government’s thinking on the EMA
Travel shortens your life
by Chris Ship / 25 Oct 2011
ITV News senior political correspondent on his frantic month of travelling to bring you the news
Get down off your (digital) high horse
by Anna Raccoon / 08 Oct 2011
Blogging should be about the exchange of ideas, not a soapbox, says Anna Raccoon
Should the death penalty be debated in Parliament?
by Paul Nuttall and Naomi Long / 05 Oct 2011
Paul Nuttall MEP and Naomi Long MP argue the case for and against a discussion on capital punishment
Departures and arrivals
by Dermot Murnaghan / 26 Sep 2011
Host of Sky News' Sunday morning show Dermot Murnaghan recounts a busy month taking in Canada, Libya and the phone-hacking scandal
MPs behaving badly
by Andrew Hawkins / 21 Sep 2011
Thanks to the internet and modern media, the public knows more about the private lives of politicians than ever before. As Andrew Hawkins finds out with our exclusive polling, they demand high standards of elected representatives
Is this the greenest government ever?
by Greg Barker and Joan Walley / 08 Sep 2011
Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker and environmental audit select committee chair Joan Walley debate the coalition's green credentials
We must allow full coverage of Parliament
by Laurence Durnan / 28 Aug 2011
Rules banning the use of footage of Parliament for ‘entertainment’ and to 'protect its dignity' must be removed, says Laurence Durnan
Giving prisoners the vote helps everyone
by Gordon Henderson / 24 Aug 2011
Gordon Henderson MP believes that under a just penal system some prisoners should be allowed the right to vote
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