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Anne McElvoy of The Economist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Former foreign secretary Douglas Hurd gives a pro-European Conservative view of David Cameron's pledge to hold an in-out referendum on British membership of the EU. The Lib Dems' Simon Hughes and Labour's Peter Hain explain why their parties think the Prime Minister is making a mistake. Labour's Patricia Hollis and the Conservative Peter Lilley discuss the impact of welfare cuts on the poor after MPs agree a below-inflation rise in working-age benefits And former Labour foreign secretary Jack Straw and the former UK ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer reflect on the risks that foreign interventions pose to a British Prime Minister. . The Editor is Peter Mulligan.
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