Who could blame David Cameron if he retreated to an old leather armchair at White's and sighed, in the manner of Professor Higgins: "Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so decent, such regular chaps why can't a woman be a chum?"... more
Chris Huhne has launched a vicious new attack on the Tory Right, warning they could split apart the Coalition and plunge Britain's economy into crisis... more
David Cameron urges the public to reject changing the Westminster voting system in next week's referendum, insisting that the status quo is 'simple, fair, and effective'... more
Disquiet on Tory backbenches over prospect of prolonged coalition with Lib-Dems surfaces with one MP warning David Cameron he cannot take 'mainstream' Tories for granted for much longer... more
Member of Parliament who said that MPs were victims of a 'McCarthy-style witch-hunt' over expenses confirmed she lists a cottage 90 miles from Westminster as her main home... more
Sexy lingerie ads should be banned from London Buses, a Tory MP urges as she warned that increasing sexualisation of society was damaging children... more
His wife yesterday confessed to one-night stands while drunk. And today Commons Speaker John Bercow was unmasked for writing a 'sex tips' guide to lure drunken girls into bed... more
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more
John Bercow began a programme of reform as Speaker by dumping the traditional court robes and bringing a young family into Speaker’s House for the first time... more
Moves to liberalise Britain's abortion laws are to be killed off by the Government amid fears that the issue could prove a "distraction" from Labour's fightback on the economy... more
That the rules in Westminster and Brussels are so broadly drawn and so feebly enforced that freeloading is not technically theft in no way makes the behaviour of politicians more palatable... more
Wednesday morning, 7am, groggy after a bad night, and my daughter, 15, shakes me awake, not because she can't find her hockey socks but to discuss abortion... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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