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Coronavirus chaos and mixed messages saw the government passing legislation to extend opening hours on the day the Prime Minister urged tipplers to stay out of pubs. With his opera diva wife Nevena publicly criticising coronavirus-infected Dorries, a Tory colleague demanded abrasive Bridgen should permanently self-isolate. Tory officer James Gray has instructed the peer not to attend after he was recorded calling the SNP lesbian MP Hannah Bardell "queer". [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a list of reasons for people of a liberal political bent to look forward to 2007. On the top of the list, the fact that the United States Congress will be lead by the Democrats after years of a Republican majority. London (England) mayor Ken Livingstone is to be praised for widening the zone of pay-to-drive in London and heightening the fees in wealthy areas. Conservative leader David Cameron is getting criticism for a lack of policies.

Comments on politics in Great Britain. Role of Home Secretary Charles Clark following the London bombings; How Prime Minister Tony Blair hailed Jack Jones as one of Britain's greatest union leaders; Politically incorrect quips by David Blunkett; Pubs in Westminster.

Comments on British politics. Impact of the death of the European constitution on Prime Minister Tony Blair's hunt for a holiday home in Tuscany; Outlook for Stephen Twigg's political future; Role of Margaret "Enver" Hodge in helping Twigg; Campaign for electoral reform by the "Independent"; Reference to a diary kept by Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham regarding the Tory leanings of Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne.

Discusses developments on the political scene in Great Britain. Efforts by Labour MP Jane Griffiths to be re-elected; Reference to Margaret Thatcher's role in the great miners' strike of 20 years ago; Rumors that Cherie Blair is interested in becoming a member of Parliament for Liverpool; Description of the Tory and Labour election camps that occupy adjacent headquarters in Victoria Street in London; Others.

Focuses on politics in Great Britain. Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy's political campaign in London; Gossip over the future of Lynton Crosby, Michael Howard's Aussie attack dog; Speculation on a sex scandal involving Dominic Cummings; Former culture secretary Chris Smith's decision to announce in the "Sunday Times" that he is HIV-positive; Refusal of Tory MP-turned-political columnist Matthew Parris to desert the "Times"; How the Transport & General Workers' Union leader, Tony Woodley, is preparing for merger talks with Amicus; Smoking ban in Westminster pubs.