With the exposure of MPs' expenses still hogging the headlines, Allegra Stratton and Tom Clark look back on a constitutional crisis that has seen a Speaker of the house removed from the Commons for the first time in 300 years.
Michael Martin has paid the price for the ongoing scandal, but with the Conservatives and Lib Dems calling for a general election, how far-reaching will the damage ultimately be for Gordon Brown?
Panellists Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Jenni Russell survey the wreckage of a momentous seven days in parliament, and look ahead to a new era of British politics – with new parties, independents, and possibly even celebrities like, er, Esther Rantzen challenging the status quo.
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