Callum Jones

Political Journalist and Writer

In the digital age, over a million people watched Clegg's tuition fees apology - original or remixed - in four days. If a single lesson can be taken from the Deputy PM's chart success, it's that the power of the internet is not to be underestimated.

Adnan Al-Daini

Blogger who abhors injustice, hypocrisy and double standards

The lives of most people are dependent on the modest wages they receive from work to survive and keep a roof over their family's heads. Any interruption of that income due to illness or unemployment of the breadwinner could tip the family into homelessness.

Samuel Arie

Visiting Fellow at The Smith School of Enterprise and The Environment

Nick Clegg's apology on tuition fees took the nation by surprise - but not by storm. What Nick didn't mention is the other promise he hasn't kept.

Mark Fletcher-Brown

Commsmeister

Sometimes people say sorry when they don't mean it. And surprise, surprise, people don't believe a word. So what makes an apology real? Here are some tests...

Iain Anderson

Director, Cicero

For the Tories, debates on Europe - and the UK's place in it - are all over their fringe schedule like a rash. The prime minister will be wanting to apply soothing ointment to this debate but he may find it very difficult to do. Party members scared of the UKIP challenge will want some Eurosceptic meat to chew on. This remains a huge challenge for Cameron.

Jim Smallman

Award-winning heavily tattooed comedian, writer and professional idiot

I heard talk of the current session of parliament ending ready for party conference season, making me think back to when I worked in an office and the three weeks leading up to our Christmas shindig was a nightmare of people preparing for our get together like it was the only time they'd ever been to a party.

The Cambridge Union Society

Promoting free speech and the art of debating since 1815

Politicians are very often described as "out of touch". This is a claim I have always been slightly suspicious of. By the very fact of being elected, it is politicians' job to be in touch. In my experience, constituents come to their MPs with the widest imaginable range of problems.

Joseph Hayman

Author of British Voices, a portrait of modern Britain from the perspective of its people - www.britishvoices.org.uk

Some may argue that scepticism about political leaders is healthy in a democracy, that there is no reason to automatically defer to politicians and that they can still get on with their jobs even if they are not the most popular or respected people in the country.

Edo Mapelli Mozzi

Founder and Managing Director, Banda Property

That such a tax could have a devastating impact on the UK economy is by no means an understatement. We need to be focusing on encouraging growth, not discouraging people from working and running businesses in the UK.

Callum Jones

Political Journalist and Writer

As Britain headed to work on a Tuesday morning like any other, Westminster was feeding on its diet of speculation even more than usual. The reshuffle laid bare David Cameron's aims for the rest of the parliament for all to see.

Mehdi Hasan

Political director of The Huffington Post UK

I suspect the prime minister will come to regret this reshuffle. As is so often the case, the Tory leader has proved himself to be all tactics, no strategy. He is also deeply out of touch with public opinion.

Adnan Al-Daini

Blogger who abhors injustice, hypocrisy and double standards

It is not a good time to be young. Our youth are bearing the brunt of the economic depression and its self-defeating solution of austerity and cuts.

Callum Jones

Political Journalist and Writer

"The Liberal Democrats are currently enjoying a surge of support which they will ride to an impressive victory in 2015", so says nobody. Although commentary of the party's plight in some corners of the press is unnecessarily exaggerated, not even Nick Clegg can deny they're on a bumpy path towards a pretty nasty result at the next election. It's now down to the deputy prime minister to create fork in the road - this week, he got his shovel out.

Mehdi Hasan

Political director of The Huffington Post UK

I agree with Nick. It's been a while since I've done so but, on the subject of a wealth tax, I cannot disagree with the Deputy Prime Minister.

Jason Holmes

London-based writer

"We all have multiple identities," says Tony Parsons when I ask him whether he feels more of an Englishman or a Londoner, "but I certainly feel like I'm both. But I also feel British.

Alan Wager

Political anorak of uncertain colours

Attempting to write a contemporary blog on Westminster politics during the summer recess is a difficult task.