The issue of MPs getting pay rises is always emotive. But this year it has been more so than usual, writes Scott Inglis.

The screen is fading to black. The credits are about to roll. Brookfield's Video Ezy, my local video store, is closing down, writes Marcel Currin.

A prominent MP's mother is facing benefit fraud charges this week which exploded into a ridiculous furore over whether that MP should have been removed, writes Kim Gillespie.

People only pretend to like cyclist. Cyclists are a breed unto themselves with their gaudy clothes and their self-righteous sense of entitlement- I am one of them, writes Marcel Currin.