The candidates
Lucy Powell (Labour), Charlotte Leslie (Conservatives) and Bridget Fox (Liberal Democrats) are all standing in the next general election
An MP's job is to uncover information for the public good
Charlotte Leslie: Of course there are national security issues that should not reach the public domain, but they are relatively few
Damian Green case shows we are taking freedom of information for granted
Bridget Fox: We had to fight for the principle that the public should have free access to government information – unless national or personal security was at risk
Only excellence should do for local government
Charlotte Leslie: Is the John Sergeant saga a sign that we as a nation prefer the unthreatening bumbler to excellence?
It's Brown, not Islington's workers, who deserves a P45
Liberal Democrats should be feeling sincerely flattered. Labour has plundered virtually all our policy ideas on the economy, leaving Vince Cable unchallenged for the title of Best Value Government Consultant – as well as the Spectator's Parliamentarian of the Year
Tories and Obama embrace web 2.0 while Labour lags behind
Charlotte Leslie: The internet is completely changing the way politics - and candidates like me - work
Manchester should vote yes to the congestion charge
Labour is ditching its policies through panic not principle
Remembrance is not just an emotional journey
To properly give our respects to the war dead, war survivors and those still serving our country, we must provide our armed forces with proper equipment
Barack Obama lit up my bonfire night
Nina Simone summed up the mood: "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life - and we're feeling good"
Labour has been behaving as though rainy days have been abolished
Bridget Fox: There is no point oiling the wheels with public money if the banks have the brakes on
Labour is back on the attack
Lucy Powell: No, I'm not talking about alleged Tory fundraising tactics on a yacht in Corfu
Businesses do need a break
We are reliant on family businesses to keep our economy afloat; increasing the burden of tax on them is a mistake
Saving the economy or saving the planet is not an either-or
Lucy Powell: Yesterday's statement by the new secretary of state for energy and climate change, Ed Miliband, making Britain's emissions reduction target even more ambitious took many by surprise
Economic bail-out aims to restore confidence for small firms and savers
Lucy Powell: It's hard to know what to write during times like this. Events are moving so fast and what in one moment seems impossible, the next is happening
People want politicians to serve them, not fight among themselves
Charlotte Leslie: A question from a voter took me back to a sharp wake-up call I'd had during the Tory conference
Mandelson's return: this is a bold and shrewd move
Lucy Powell: These weeks may be remembered as the moment Labour regained control of the political agenda
Crisis exposes twin Tory weaknesses: bad experience in the past and inexperience today
Bridget Fox: If a week is a long time in politics, then a day is a long time in finance. Business news used to be dry, but that's all changed
Brown's pensions rhetoric doesn't match reality
This year marks the centenary of the pension. Since then, it has been continually eroded by Labour and Tory governments
The country has been wrecked by a leftist government
Charlotte Leslie: Once again, it will take hard-headed, sensible, centre-right politics to sort it out
Clegg's tax policy is Old Tory, not New Lib Dem
Lucy Powell: There seems real flux and change afoot in British politics right now - in large part brought on by the challenging and changing economic circumstances
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