Two roses marked her customary seat on the green benches as Members from all sides remembered their colleague.
We hear the cry that “better people” should enter politics. But is it any wonder that many of the people we need decide it is not worth the sacrifice?
Jo Cox’s death should be a wake-up call to treat our politicians better.
If MPs tried to cheat the voters, they would risk a populist backlash. To defy the people would be to put their seats at risk.
The clamour about last week’s elections and June’s EU referendum is obscuring the deep problems that the Government and the country face.
The current procedures are unsustainable, unbalanced and undemocratic.
Let’s strengthen Parliamentary scrutiny, beef up our diplomacy, stop gold-plating directives – and regain our mojo.
There were 26 critical questions from Conservative backbenchers on the Government’s EU referendum leaflet yesterday and 5 supportive ones.
Why is the Government allowing itself to be bullied into accepting this baseless policy by civil servants?
After Gauke did a valiant job defending the Treasury wicket, Cameron no doubt expected a rough ride. He didn’t get one.
He should stay on to give it the benefit of his finest hours, worst moments, close shaves, cock-ups, might-have-beens and, yes, wisdom.
There may be a strange applicability for the future in the circumstances that led to the Liberals’ sweeping electoral triumph in 1906.
If all but one of them shy away from even debating the issues in a public forum, what chance do we have?
When it comes to the Commons, who watches the watchmen? An independent regulator is impossible: it has to be us.
Do we really think in a world that is only getting more dangerous and more complex, we are better off alone, or as part of a team heading in generally the same direction?