Ed Miliband showed his ruthless streak during this week's frontbench reshuffles. Out went Stephen Twigg and Liam Byrne from the shadow cabinet and there was a demotion for Jim Murphy. In their place came Tristram Hunt, Rachel Reeves and Vernon Coaker respectively, as Miliband's spokespeople insisted that this was no 'purge of the Blairites', as some papers put it.
On the government benches eyebrows were raised as Lib Dem Norman Baker replaced Jeremy Browne at the Home Office - to the fury of Theresa May. Meanwhile, Michael Moore was axed as Scottish secretary in favour of Alistair Carmichael. There were promotions too on the Tory benches for several close allies of George Osborne.
Joining Tom Clark in the studio to discuss all of this: political diarist Hugh Muir; blogger Hopi Sen and the Observer's political editor Toby Helm.
Also this week: the debate over who will end up regulating the press has flared up once more.
And the English Defence League lost its leader Tommy Robinson, who quit the movement citing a disillusionment with street protests and distaste at the views of some of its members. What does it mean for ultra-nationalist politics and the far right in Britain?
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