Gareth Edmundson

Political writer and columnist

Talks resume this week between the fuel distributors and Unite the Union to avoid a petrol delivery strike. I bet Francis Maude can hardly suppress his anxiety as the prospect of a REAL strike actually gets closer.

Peter Kellner

President of YouGov, political commentator and journalist

Both of the main party leaders may be tempted to follow Millicent Martin's Saturday night injunction on the BBC almost half a century ago: "That was the week that was; it's over, let it go". However, just as David Frost and his colleagues went on to ignore their programme's opening line and dissect what happened, so shall I.

Gregory Dash

Scientist, blogger, socialist, writer.

"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, t...

Callum Jones

Political Journalist and Writer

The Cameron ministry is now blighted by the gravest of political injuries; an incompetent image. Downing Street has simply not been in control.

Dale Shaw

A comedy writer of sorts...

I have killed a man. I am not proud of this fact. But I had no choice. He looked at my jerry can.

Jim Bak

Director of Community Relations at INRIX

Strike or no strike, with petrol prices on the rise, already over £1.40 per litre, there's never been a better time for credit conscious motorists to learn how to get the most out of those petrol tanks.