Newsnight 12 November

Presented by Jeremy Paxman.

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Iraq

President Bush brought his top man in Baghdad back to Washington to discuss ways to accelerate the transition to democracy in Iraq. There were reports that the administration was deeply frustrated with the work of the Iraqi Governing Council, and was talking about naming an interim Iraqi leader.

Another devastating bomb - this time outside the headquarters of the Italian police in the Iraqi southern city of Nasiriyah - has added to the sense that the coalition needs to find a workable exit strategy.

In the second of his special reports, our diplomatic editor Mark Urban assessed the prospects for democracy in Iraq.

Click here for Mark Urban's report

PMQs

Michael Howard faced up to Tony Blair for the first time at Prime Minister's Questions. We had the post-match analysis.

Managed legal migration

And the Home Secretary was giving a speech arguing that effectively managed legal migration is vital to Britain.... and that there is a midway between pulling up the drawbridge and opening the floodgates. Is he right?

Click here for the David Blunkett interview

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