Today’s career politicians could learn a lot from John Biffen, an MP who hated soundbites

The woman I knew for 40 years was persistent but never provocative. She will be ranked among the very greatest figures in English history

The public gallery at the House of Commons is behind bullet-proof glass. This offensive distrust of the public reflects a greater sense of detachment between MPs and the electorate

The Government's Parliamentary Standards Bill threatens MPs' free speech and upsets the "essential comity established between Parliament and the Courts",