In Politics Weekly Nick Watt asks whether Gordon Brown will ever command the House of Commons after he struggled to pronounce the name of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Jackie Ashley, the Guardian columnist, believes the government has entered choppy waters after this week's Guardian/ICM poll gave the Tories their biggest lead since 1987. Jackie also laments the prime minister's parliamentary performances after he gave a less-than-gracious response to a friendly gesture from David Cameron.
We also discuss how hard Britain should be with China after the violence in Tibet. Caroline Lucas, the Green MEP, says the softly, softly approach has not worked.
Finally, we discuss the Green party's pact with Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral contest. Caroline defends the pact, as the best way of guaranteeing progressive politics.
Allegra Stratton, a reporter on guardian.co.uk who followed Boris Johnson on the campaign trail over the weekend, believes the Tories are mounting a strong campaign. Allegra says Boris has finally knuckled down.
