Tributes were paid last night from across the political spectrum to Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach, the former Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll and Bute who has died.
Holyrood Sketch: Roll up, roll up for Wendo, the amazing one-woman circus act. Thrill as she performs a U-turn with double twist on the political high wire. Gasp as she spins on the trapeze, just avoiding an accidental slip that could make Scotland independent.
David Cameron yesterday vowed to turn the Crewe and Nantwich by-election into a referendum on the abolition of the 10p tax rate, piling pressure on the Prime Minister while he still faces the threat of a rebellion on the issue from Labour back benchers.
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern officially stepped down
from office last night after tendering his resignation
to Irish president Mary McAleese at her official residence in Dublin.
Gordon Brown's nightmare over the abolition of the 10p tax rate returned to haunt him last night as some of the populist initiatives he plans to roll out to regain the confidence of electors immediately backfired.
Labour's Holyrood leader Wendy Alexander yesterday increased the pace on her new-found enthusiasm for a straight yes or no independence referendum, telling Alex Salmond: "Enough of huff, puff and bluff - bring it on."
London Mayor Boris Johnson marked his first day in office yesterday by appointing a black deputy to work "night and day" on a crime crackdown across the capital.
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