FORMER Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is among the political heavyweights headlining at this summer's Festival of Politics at the Scottish Parliament.

Labour former deputy prime minister John Prescott warns his party faces bankruptcy if it cannot tackle its £20m of debt.

Today's Guardian contains extracts from a book by Sky News' Adam Boulton giving the inside story on Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister. As is to be expected everybody swears a lot, not least John Prescott who, according to one anecdote showed remarkable intolerance to his homeland: On John Prescott cursing the Welsh language: "I had got on well with both Prescott and his wife [befo...

JOHN Swinney was getting the political equivalent of a lynching on the floor of the Scottish Parliament. But arguably the more important event in Scottish politics last Wednes

As the election draws closer and the polls seem firmly stuck in or near hung-parliament territory, the latest Guardian/ICM poll suggests that the prospect of no one party having an absolute majority isn’t scaring voters as much as Labour and the Conservatives might like. As the Guardian reports: Voters remain unconvinced by the Conservative alternative, with 29%

The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics opens today, playing host to a selection of inspiring presentations, speeches and debates from a cast of famous faces including political icons, peace campaigners and journalists.

When a Conservative candidate for the European Parliament called the NHS a mistake it was bound to cause offence. It also reminds us just what kind of people sit behind David Cameron in the Conservative Party. Now John Prescott has intervened in the debate. He’s calling on David Cameron to back of sack Daniel Hannan. My

The Guardian has a report on some sleazy, if technically lawful, donations to the Tory party from a Ukrainian Oligarch :: A British businessman who represents a Ukrainian oligarch is paying tens of thousands of pounds in donations to the Tories, the Guardian can disclose. Payments made by the businessman’s company have caused concern to the ...

The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 has been tabled in Parliament this week bringing about changes in the law for the Scottish Parliament election

The Guardian today features an article by Cameron promising sweeing reforms of Parliament. An accompanying story states: In a broad-ranging article in the Guardian, Cameron declares that he would trim back the powers of the prime minister and boost the role of parliament to win back public confidence. Here are those reforms in brief: • Limit the power