Libyans celebrated all night following the killing of their hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The news was welcomed in Downing Street where David Cameron was able to claim success in his first use of military force (excluding the Afghan war, which he inherited).
Seumas Milne was opposed to the Nato air strikes from the beginning and still argues that intervention was wrong despite the end of the Gaddafi regime. Nick Cohen disagrees, but admits uncertain times lie ahead for Libya in the years of recovery ahead.
Back on the home front, the government had more bad economic news this week. Inflation remains stubbornly high with one measure (RPI) coming in at its highest level for 20 years. Economics editor Larry Elliott says that this will add nearly £2bn to the deficit.
And as the government prepares to face down Tory backbenchers over Europe once more, for some in Westminster it's as if we've slipped back to the early 1990s.
That's the period that we pick up with Chris Mullin's new volume of diaries A Walk-On Part. The former Labour MP for Sunderland discusses his journey from supporting Tony Benn in the 1980s to becoming a minister in Tony Blair's government in the 1990s. He's well-placed to give his verdict on the latest Labour leader, and has some grim predictions for Liberal Democrats.
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