...never-again, politicians have failed to confront the task. This week, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson once again warned of our overdependence on...

...runs the risk of actually appearing very shallow. The pressure is most on Nick Clegg. This is make-or-break for the first time in a general election, the...

...tried to make it his theme in a chaotic encounter with Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman for whom all roads lead back to Lord Ashcroft. This country has...

...United team. The state-of-the-nation's finances was also a theme for William Hague at Prime Minister's Questions. At least he tried to make it his...given to the party is obviously fundamentally important. How close is he to William Hague? I am not up

...the easyJet and Ryanair of late-night political discourse - Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo. Diane, I suspect I know what your moment of the week is?...on the bond market? He had too many people from Goldman Sachs in his Cabinet. Michael Portillo, a

...what Hague knew and when he let Cameron know. Now, let me quickly name-check Gordon Prentice here. He chased this Ashcroft issue. But it does come back not...

...in schools and hospitals. They were not wide boys when they were chairing Gordon Brown's committees. Her this is part of the problem, that Labour did not...was wide. It was wide of the mark. By it was wide behaviour, he is a wide boy. Gordon Brown as e

...me airbrush" Dave - he only found out about it in the last month. Robert Mugabe has endorsed David Cameron for Prime Minister tonight! The great...

...I suspect I know what your moment of the week is? Well, it was the death of Michael Foot. Yes. I was fortunate to enter Parliament when he was still a...

...the political system. Gordon Brown was detained elsewhere, saying hello to the South African President Jacob Zuma and his latest wife. There was a joke in...

...airlines, we have the easyJet and Ryanair of late-night political discourse - Diane Abbott and Michael Portillo. Diane, I suspect I know what your moment of...

...the Tory front bench. Appearing before a City audience with David Cameron and George Osborne, he was like a sturdy old oak, compared with these two saplings....

...Why did William Hague know a couple of months ago and David Cameron, through Liam Fox, let it be known today that he only knew a month ago? Doesn't the...

...Tonight: Spring is in the air in Westminster. David Cameron told his party to let sunshine rule the day. His Tory money man is proving a big dark cloud. The...it ought to be springtime for the Tories. But this week it all went wrong for David Cameron.

...may make it more interesting as a result. On The Daily Politics tomorrow on BBC Two we will be covering it live. Have you got your flag ready? How about...

...It was William Hay that made the original deal to try to get him into the House of Lords, and gave the assurances to the Prime Minister it was OK to put...Hague about him becoming a permanent resident and then he went over to the House of Lords' author

...city and the global population drawn from all ends of the empire. Yet like Goldman Sachs and Barclays today, the Edwardians had little interest in what...error. He wanted to come back on the bond market? He had too many people from Goldman Sachs in his

...power of the Unite union that is bankrolling the Labour Party. It is wrecking British Airways, and his deputy general secretary, her husband, has just gone...

...yourself into a virtual coma by visiting our website. Or you can always go on Twitter about Diane's outfit. She borrowed it from a lady lumberjack. David...

...week is? Well, it was the death of Michael Foot. Yes. I was fortunate to enter Parliament when he was still a parliamentarian. He was the last of the...those that make laws over the rest of us pay tax like the rest of us? And yet Parliament is still re

...population drawn from all ends of the empire. Yet like Goldman Sachs and Barclays today, the Edwardians had little interest in what happened to the rest...

...You don't have to win gold medals to be successful. Everybody remembers the Jamaican bobsleigh team and they won no medal. You would remember a bobsleigh...bobsleigh team and they won no medal. You would remember a bobsleigh team from Jamaica! You are

...it was little to do with the City, it was foreign investors. It was Frankfurt, New York, Tokyo that was doing that. Given that, what would you have...

...report that John Simpson has done for the BBC about what is happening in Fallujah where many babies have been born over the last six years with...Horrendous. There could be some link between that and the American assault on Fallujah six years ago, usin

...Sharron Davies tells us it is time to celebrate the great in Great Britain and Northern Ireland! I'm very patriotic, I have always been very proud to stand...

...that seem to be the most patriotic are very young countries, Canada, America, Australia, they seem to be hunting hard for their national ideals. We seem to...

...have taken fright and the value of the pound has fallen. Once again, the City of London, this nexus of finance and arrogance, is throwing its weight...questions about our over-dependence on it. We need to ween ourselves of the City of London. I do disa

...concerns. They have been trying to undermine the birthplace of democracy in Greece for the last few months and now they are beginning to head towards...

...to do with the City, it was foreign investors. It was Frankfurt, New York, Tokyo that was doing that. Given that, what would you have politicians do? I...

...on the UK? Sharron Davies tells us it is time to celebrate the great in Great Britain and Northern Ireland! I'm very patriotic, I have always been very...

...he was not going to have non-dom status and he was going to pay tax in the United Kingdom on his worldwide income. One explanation is that none of that...

...focusing on Britain in this issue. You could make the same film about the United States. latest Bank of England report showed if bonuses in the banking...

...knees. It is time the politicians told them where to get off. As we sneer at Canada's patriotism, why are we so bad at cheering on the UK? Sharron Davies...The countries that seem to be the most patriotic are very young countries, Canada, America, Aust

...Tories, what did we learn? Since he got his peerage, the billionaire from Belize has claimed non-dom status, allowing him to avoid paying tax in Britain...

...history of success in the Winter Olympics. enough snow! No. Unless you are in Scotland! I blame global warming. Michael, is it unpatriotic to moan about...

...argument about people in the city not actually wanting a hung parliament or a Labour Government. You have to make the argument at the way you are going to...

...it is a moment to reflect that people who make decisions in Whitehall or Downing Street about war, the consequences of war are visited on people very...

...name of recovery. Why can't Westminster break free from their masters in the Square Mile. One historian says it is time for politicians to tell financiers...will still be in hock to the wide boys, speculators and money men of the Square Mile. Tristram

...birth defects. Horrendous. There could be some link between that and the American assault on Fallujah six years ago, using phosphorus and possibly using...go down, they go down. That is how markets are supposed to work. If you follow American markets,

...Zuma. Tomorrow he's before the Chilcot Inquiry. We will learn how little the Iraq War was to do with him. News today that Tony "can I have my cheque...

...deputy… The deputy chair of the Conservative Party or whether they were… Order! People in glass houses should not start throwing stones, because the...

...England a world leader again? It's more the John Lewis model. It's back to RBS. I'll believe this when I see Peter Mandelson shopping at the Calpol stop I...

...our one medal, the first solo gold in 30 years in the bob skeleton courtesy of Amy Williams. Any colour would have been amazing, let alone gold. I can't...

...couple of days. I would think there was a little bit of distance there. It was William Hay that made the original deal to try to get him into the House of...

...about how he contributes to the Conservative Party has been cleared by the Electoral Commission. This whole problem has arisen because he wanted to be in...

...Ireland! I'm very patriotic, I have always been very proud to stand underneath Evening. Welcome to This Week. A week when we finally discovered the tax status...

...of the co-ops is going to make England a world leader again? It's more the John Lewis model. It's back to RBS. I'll believe this when I see Peter...this when I see Peter Mandelson shopping at the Calpol stop I think he goes to John Lewis. Does he have

...board, apparently. The story is about the staggering lack of curiosity. The Shadow Foreign Secretary only found out a few months ago. Just William didn't...

...As we sneer at Canada's patriotism, why are we so bad at cheering on the UK? Sharron Davies tells us it is time to celebrate the great in Great Britain and...off to bed. It would be unpatriotic. We have swimming champion and patriot Sharron Davies to t

...Sharron Davies to tell us why we should stop carping and celebrate dear old Blighty. If that has your blood pumping a bit too fast for this time of night,...

...King Canute. He went to the beach to prove it would continue to going. It was Greenspan, as well. It was Mervyn King… was wide. It was wide of the mark. By...

...team. The state-of-the-nation's finances was also a theme for William Hague at Prime Minister's Questions. At least he tried to make it his theme in a chaotic...

...British politician who knows that more than Peter Mandelson. Is it the typical Oxbridge disdain, that it was the wide boys of the city, it was these wide boy...

...that it a pity. Delighted? Come off it, Dave. He only confessed because a Freedom of Information request gave him no choice. One question raised by the...

...of curiosity. The Shadow Foreign Secretary only found out a few months ago. Just William didn't think to tell "call me airbrush" Dave - he only...

...that Tony "can I have my cheque now" Blair is calling his memoirs The Journey. That will be the one that began on easyJet and ended up on a...

...rule the day. His Tory money man is proving a big dark cloud. The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley takes a walk in the park. Against an elderly, unpopular...Tory peer's tax status to become such a damaging story. We sent the Observer's Andrew Rawnsley off to

...It's back to RBS. I'll believe this when I see Peter Mandelson shopping at the Calpol stop I think he goes to John Lewis. Does he have a dividend? My mum used...

...to avoid paying tax in Britain on his massive overseas wealth. I am delighted Lord Ashcroft has come out and said, right, you want to know the undertakings I...judgment. He and a lot of other senior Conservatives have long known that Lord Ashcroft's ta

...I have always been very proud to stand underneath Evening. Welcome to This Week. A week when we finally discovered the tax status of Michael...money men of the Square Mile. Tristram Hunt is here in Westminster. Welcome to This Week. Surely the city sho

...parliament, whoever has the most MPs will be negotiating with parties like the Liberal Democrats, who will be reluctant, for a choral reasons, to agree the...through British society. I don't think it is so much anything to do with the Liberal Democrats

...ordinary people. When I was a teenager, you associated the Union Jack with the BNP. It's been claimed by our athletes. Labour says the Tories are unpatriotic,...

...the prospects of political uncertainty? There is a very interesting letter to The Guardian this week by 15 of this country's leading economic historians....

...it was the wide boys of the city, it was these wide boy is that created the Revenue to invest in schools and hospitals. They were not wide boys when they...

...in Westminster. David Cameron told his party to let sunshine rule the day. His Tory money man is proving a big dark cloud. The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley...A week when we finally discovered the tax status of Michael Ashcroft, the Tory Deputy Chairman i

...and there is a worry about patriotism equalling nationalism and that equals Fascism. There is all that connotation as well. We are going to be ecstatic in...

...in this issue. You could make the same film about the United States. latest Bank of England report showed if bonuses in the banking sector had been 20%...

...be in hock to the wide boys, speculators and money men of the Square Mile. Tristram Hunt is here in Westminster. Welcome to This Week. Surely the city...

...We will learn how little the Iraq War was to do with him. News today that Tony "can I have my cheque now" Blair is calling his memoirs The...

...comments… Grossly hypocritical. The strategy that we wanted terms of Engineering, in terms of the other economic bases, it is very important. We...