As a BBC political correspondent Andrew had his own vantage point in the parliamentary press gallery high above the House of Commons, and access to the lobbies and corridors where politicians and their aides put their spin on the day's events.

BBC: Andrew Whitehead

He was occasionally indiscreet: in a speech to the parliamentary press gallery a year after taking office he spoke of it being the "Frustration Parliament", and referred to some Conservatives who, he said, had got in by mistake and lost their previous jobs and pensions.

BBC: Obituary: Lord Weatherill