Paul Linford

Who will be the one to clean-up politics in the wake of the MPs expenses scandal? David Cameron? Gordon Brown? Or perhaps new Speaker John...

At the risk of giving the Tories another bout of apoplexy, there are some interesting historical precedents surrounding the election of very...

Okay, so I wanted Alan Beith to win, and I thought Margaret Beckett would win, but on reflection I'm glad John Bercow has won, such was ...

By all rights it should be Sir Alan Beith, but it probably won't be. Here's today's Journal column. It is often the case with po...

Who will be the next Speaker? Will there be an October election? And will we get proportional representation? Just some of the many una...

Now that Michael Martin has finally gone, after what were surely two of the most ill-judged Commons performances of modern times last Monday...