Here’s how the BBC describes its new Democracy Live website, which covers the Westminster Parliament, the European Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly: It brings together for the first time in the BBC, live and on demand video coverage of proceedings in our national political institutions and the European Parliament.

I didn't see David Cameron's speech today, but I did just catch what the BBC described as the 'highlights' on the BBC's Today at Conference. Did Cameron really devote a whole section of his speech to "Our brave soldiers in Afghanistan' and not once mention those that he voted to send to fight, and maybe die, in Iraq? Perhaps the war in Iraq is no longer popular enough...

IRAQ'S parliament yesterday rejected for a second time a draft law allowing foreign troops from countries other than the United States, including Britain, to remain after

I am on BBC radio tomorrow, debating the merits of the war in Iraq between 11 am and 12 noon. The presenter is Mark O’Donnell, and the other panelists are Major General Patrick Cordingley and the BBC defence correspondent at the time, Caroline Hawley. You can find a link to listen live, or listen to a recording

The BBC reports: Almost three quarters of British people believe there should be a public inquiry into the invasion of Iraq, an opinion poll suggests. The BBC Radio 5 Live poll also found almost two thirds are not convinced UK soldiers should be kept in Afghanistan. … The survey, conducted by ComRes for the BBC, found 72%

A Press Release from BBC Parliament which I thought you all might be interested in... In 1979, 28 March was one of the most dramatic nights in Westminster history. James Callaghan's Labour Government lost a confidence motion by one vote and was forced to call an early General Election that would sweep Margaret Thatcher to power. BBC Parliament is marking the 30th anniversary of that night wit...

Finally overcoming months of political deadlock, Iraq's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial election law on Wednesday. Iraq's presidential council vetoed a previous version of the law in July, which Parliament passed after a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers. Debate over the law had been plagued by a complex dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the sharing of power between ethnic ...

The legality of the continued presence of British troops in Iraq was far from certain last night as the Baghdad parliament delayed a crucial vote on the issue. Iraq's parliament, caught up in a furious but unrelated dispute, will meet in emergency session today when British officials hope that some form of legal cover will be given to British forces in Basra before they leave next summer. How...

Most people – the normal folks who aren’t political junkies – probably don’t spend their time watching BBC Parliament. But perhaps they should – just once or twice. Why? The view most of us get from Parliament are the set pieces like PMQs. Benches packed with braying members and the aim to get one over

The BBC have upheld a complaint by the Campaign for an English Parliament. The complainant alleged that coverage of testimonies to the Justice Committee on the impact of devolution had been biased by the omission of the testimony of Michael Knowles of the Campaign for an English Parliament and had breached the BBC guidelines on impartiality. The