Big Quote by Grant Shapps

Political reporting is too often trivialised, treated as a soap opera based in Westminster, rather than placed in a broader social or economic context.

— Owen Jones

I think that political coverage generally comes in on a level that means if you live and breathe Westminster detail and diary, then you…

— Kate Garraway

When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about…

— Iain Duncan Smith

What we need and have not got at Westminster are real experience and wisdom, possessed by people who do not view politics as a…

— Peter Hitchens

Westminster is gripped by a fanatical race towards a cliff-edge Brexit and nobody is stopping to think about the impact it would have on…

— Sam Gyimah

No more top-down politics with Westminster dictating what's right for every community. We must all be partners in designing a better future for our…

— Caroline Lucas

Outside Westminster, political debate must seem like white noise that bears little relevance to people's everyday lives. But political choices made by the governments…

— Esther McVey

That's the only time when newspapers have some influence, when they are pushing the British public in a direction they are already minded to…

— Andrew Neil

I can cope with politicians now I've had about 40,000 cockroaches tipped over my head. Westminster's going to be no problem.

— Kate Garraway

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

— Joss Stone

“In politics democracy itself is at stake in this world of high-speed always-on news. Political reporters pronounce sudden verdicts upon the politicians they often…

— Ian Hargreaves

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated…

— Daniel Hannan