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Websites (all confirmed 8 February 2012)
- Parliamentary Press Gallery – www.pressgallery.org.uk
- Parliamentary Revolts – www.parliamentaryrevolts.co.uk
- Tweetminster – www.tweetminster.co.uk
Interviews (all conducted December 2010)
- Nick Assinder , Political Editor PoliticsHome website (former lobby correspondent for regional newspapers, Daily Mail, Daily Express and BBC Online)
- Adam Boulton Political Editor Sky News
- Peter Riddell Political Editor The Times
- David Walter , freelance journalist and writer (former BBC and ITN Political Correspondent, leader writer and commentator for the Guardian and The Times)
- Michael White , Associate Editor (Politics) the Guardian (formerly Guardian Political Editor)