George Bridges in the Daily Telegraph describes what it was like "in the bunker" working for John Major in the run-up to the 1997 election and says that appeals for unity are "the refuge of the desperate politician who has no programme to offer other than 'Don't let the other lot in'."
Paul Waugh on his blog reveals in detail what happened when Gordon Brown confronted the parliamentary Labour party on Monday.
Alice Miles in the Times says that the Blairites are discredited and that it's hard now to see what New Labour was for.
Jean Eaglesham in the Financial Times says any Labour MP hoping to land a lucrative job in the private sector after the election is in for a disappointment because many of them are "discredited".
Gareth Harding in the Wall Street Journal says that Europe has created "EU institutions, policies and politicians without the existence of an EU electorate or demos" but that, if sport can become Europeanised, there is no reason why politics can't be too.
Stuart Weir at OurKingdom says that the alternative vote system, favoured by some members of the cabinet, is "even more disproportionate than first-past-the-post (FPTP)".
