Frustrated MPs are becoming increasingly anxious about the situation in Syria - and the need to intervene.
Alex Stevenson reports as, after 2011's Libya adventure, some British politicians begin to seriously contemplate the possibility of a military intervention.
But with Russia and China's veto of UN security council resolutions, and Syria's significant military forces, the prospect of taking on Damascus successfully doesn't look easy. The Foreign Office is ratcheting up the pressure - but how far is William Hague prepared to go?
This podcast features interviews with Richard Ottaway MP, chair of the Commons' foreign affairs committee; Michael Weiss, communications director at the Henry Jackson Society; and David Winnick MP, who earlier this week claimed the Libya conflict had played into Russia and China's hands.
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The coalition is pushing its welfare reform bill through parliament despite a storm of opposition from angry claimants.
The coalition's plans for an elected second chamber are well underway - but can they be turned into reality?
Westminster's political parties are adopting very different approaches as they try to increase the number of female MPs in parliament.
In our first podcast of the new year Alex Stevenson talks to SNP chief whip Stewart Hosie and former Scotland Office minister Ann McKechin about the gamesmanship we're seeing from Holyrood and Westminster - not that they'd call it that, of course.
We take a look back at the last 12 months in British politics in our review of what has been a very eventful year.
Tory eurosceptics and pro-EU Liberal Democrats are at loggerheads over how to approach the European issue after David Cameron's veto in Brussels.
This week MPs backed moves to reform Britain's extradition arrangements - but it's far from clear whether the government is likely to budge.
It was the biggest strike in a generation - but did the public sector pensions walkout make a difference?
Neither side is giving ground on either the economy or party funding this week.
Our latest podcast looks at the press regulation debate, now very much underway as the Leveson inquiry into media culture and ethics begins its work, and the risks of refusing to hold a referendum on Europe.
Our latest podcast looks at growing divisions within the eurosceptic rebel camp and the dilemma of how to cope with internet videos glamorising knife crime.
Our latest podcast looks at the role played by charm and personal attractiveness - in all its forms - in politicians' careers.
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