In these days of doom and gloom, it's best to be ultra-economic. Therefore every single person reading this should hang their lowly head in shame if they ever used more than the requisite toilet-paper scenario of one-up, one-down and one-to-polish. Got the message yet? Waste is bad. It's very… read more…

What you were reading on Westmonster this week: 1. A Sad Day: Westmonster mourns the death of Newsnight and the continuing world domination of Simon Cowell 2. Nick Clegg v. the iPhone. Deathmatch! And it's Clegg by a hair! 3. All bets are off. Terrible news in the polls for… read more…

Is it just us, or has this been the longest Parliamentary year ever? The only thing keeping the Westmonster team going is regular injections of gin straight into the eyeball. Anyway, here we go again: Oral PQs Monday - Home Office Tuesday - Communities and Local Government Wednesday - Scotland;… read more…

Is it nearly the Christmas recess yet? No? Oh. Okay, well here we go again, then: Oral PQs Monday - Work and Pensions Tuesday - Foreign and Commonwealth Wednesday - Wales; Prime Minister Thursday - Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Business statement.… read more…

People, it's a new dawn, a new day, a new Parliamentary session - are we all excited? Are we? Woohoo. Well, it looks like it's going to be slightly more interesting than last week (with all due respect to Brenda) as at least we get PMQs, but unfortunately the debates… read more…

The State Opening of Parliament and the Queen's Speech happens this Tuesday 6th November. Beyond that, we know nuffink about what's happening next week although we assume there will be debates on the address. As soon as the House was prorogued, all Early Day Motions and unanswered Parliamentary Questions are confined to the… read more…

Not much going on this week folks: the House is prorogued on Tuesday, after which everyone empties out until the Queen's Speech on 6th November. Full agenda here, and highlights (such as they are) below: Oral PQs Monday: Culture, Media, and Sport; Olympics; Church Commissioners; Public Accounts Commission; Speaker's Committee… read more…

Westmonster reckons that this week is the last full week before the House is prorogued in advance of the Queen's speech, so there's lots of excitement involving carry-over motions and stuff. Contain yourselves. Anyway, full itinerary here, and the edited highlights appear below: Oral PQs Monday: Defence Tuesday: Trasport; Chancellor… read more…

Week two of the autumn term, and already it feels like we've been back forever. All the excitement of a full sitting week is detailed below. Oral PQs Monday - Home Office Tuesday - Scotland; Communities and Local Government Wednesday - International Development; Prime Minister Thursday - Treasury Important stuff… read more…

Whilst the kids have been back at their various educational institutions for a month, our Members of Parliament will return from their summer holidays tomorrow. Yes. The middle of October. This week's business can be seen in full here. Oral PQs Monday - Work and Pensions; Leader of the House… read more…