Scotland correspondent Severin Carrell assesses the Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill's defence of his decision to free the terminally-ill Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.
Chief leader writer Julian Glover looks at the latest Guardian/ICM poll, gloomy reading for Labour.
Economics correspondent Ashley Seager looks at the recruitment of university graduates in the depths of recession.
And Paul MacInnes, who's seen dozens of stand-up acts over the last three weeks in his capacity as an Edinburgh awards judge, assesses the health of British live comedy.