diff --git a/commonlib b/commonlib
index 599c8119f6..57a3dce66c 160000
--- a/commonlib
+++ b/commonlib
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 599c8119f6defec05b7f70c4c770b0587702a564
+Subproject commit 57a3dce66cb47526c630dff49264afa80d479071
diff --git a/scripts/future-fetch.py b/scripts/future-fetch.py
index 1f5fb10fe9..9bc099bfa1 100644
--- a/scripts/future-fetch.py
+++ b/scripts/future-fetch.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 import json
 import os
 import sys
 import re
-import urllib2
+import urllib.request
 import MySQLdb
 
 import datetime
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 def fetch_url(date):
     data = CALENDAR_BASE % {'date': date}
-    data = urllib2.urlopen(data)
+    data = urllib.request.urlopen(data)
     data = json.load(data)
     return data
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ def __init__(self, event):
             if not match:
                 match = lordsList.match_by_mnis(id, self.event_date)
             if match:
-		self.people.append(
-		    int(match['id'].replace('uk.org.publicwhip/person/', ''))
-		    )
+                self.people.append(
+                    int(match['id'].replace('uk.org.publicwhip/person/', ''))
+                )
 
         self.witnesses = []
         witnesses_str = []
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ def update(self):
         if old_tuple != new_tuple:
             new_entry.update()
 
-        old_entries.discard((long(id),))
+        old_entries.discard((int(id),))
     else:
         new_entry.add()
 
diff --git a/scripts/morningupdate b/scripts/morningupdate
index f9d4b1656c..bc5880dc7c 100755
--- a/scripts/morningupdate
+++ b/scripts/morningupdate
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ system "./xml2db.pl $cronquiet --recent --scotwrans --quiet";
 system "./xml2db.pl $cronquiet --recent --scotqs --quiet";
 system "./xml2db.pl $cronquiet --recent --standing --quiet";
 system "./xml2db.pl $cronquiet --recent --lmqs --quiet";
-system "python ./future-fetch.py";
+system "python3 ./future-fetch.py";
 
 $cronquiet = substr($cronquiet, 2) if $cronquiet;
 
diff --git a/scripts/photo-attribution-import.py b/scripts/photo-attribution-import.py
index b1e5c2efe0..c967e06e86 100644
--- a/scripts/photo-attribution-import.py
+++ b/scripts/photo-attribution-import.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 import json
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 )
 db_cursor = db_connection.cursor()
 
-data_blank = filter(lambda r: not r["data_value"], data)
-data_blank = map(lambda r: (r["person_id"], r["data_key"]), data_blank)
+data_blank = [r for r in data if not r["data_value"]]
+data_blank = [(r["person_id"], r["data_key"]) for r in data_blank]
 db_cursor.executemany("""DELETE FROM personinfo
     WHERE person_id=%s AND data_key=%s""", data_blank)
 
-data = filter(lambda r: r["data_value"], data)
-data = map(lambda r: (r["person_id"], r["data_key"], r["data_value"]), data)
+data = [r for r in data if r["data_value"]]
+data = [(r["person_id"], r["data_key"], r["data_value"]) for r in data]
 db_cursor.executemany("""INSERT INTO personinfo
     (person_id, data_key, data_value) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)
     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE data_value = VALUES(data_value)""", data)
diff --git a/scripts/wikipedia-backlinks.py b/scripts/wikipedia-backlinks.py
deleted file mode 100755
index e1b1d6dd63..0000000000
--- a/scripts/wikipedia-backlinks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/python2.4
-# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:nowrap
-
-# Reads wikipedia dump and finds links to TheyWorkForYou
-
-# bzcat ~/parldata/dumps/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2 | ./wikipedia-backlinks.py
-
-import xml.sax
-import sys
-import re
-
-def process_page(text):
-    links = re.findall("https?://(?:www.)?theyworkforyou.com/[^\s[\]]+", text)
-    return links
-
-class WikipediaReader(xml.sax.handler.ContentHandler):
-	def __init__(self):
-		pass
-
-	def startElement(self, name, attr):
-        self.currtag = name
-        if name == 'title':
-            self.title = ''
-        if name == 'text':
-            self.text = ''
-
-    def characters(self, chrs):
-        if self.currtag == 'title':
-            self.title = self.title + chrs
-        if self.currtag == 'text':
-            self.text = self.text + chrs
-
-    def endElement(self, name):
-        if name == 'page':
-            #print self.title.encode('utf-8')
-            if "theyworkforyou.com" in self.text:
-                links = process_page(self.text)
-                for link in links:
-                    print link, self.title.encode('utf-8')
-        self.currtag = None
-
-wr = WikipediaReader()
-parser = xml.sax.make_parser()
-parser.setContentHandler(wr)
-parser.parse(sys.stdin)
-
-
-
-page = '''
-    * [http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Ann+Widdecombe/ ePolitix.com <E2><80><94> Ann Widdecombe]
-    * [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5516,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics <E2><80><94> Ask Aristotle: Ann Wid
-    decombe MP]
-    * [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ann_widdecombe/maidstone_and_the_weald TheyWorkForYou.com <E2><80><94> Ann Widdecombe MP]
-    * [http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Ann_Widdecombe&amp;mpc=Maidstone+%26amp%3B+The+Weald The Public Whip <E2><80><94> Ann 
-    Widdecombe MP] voting record
-    * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/275.stm BBC News <E2><80><94> Ann Widdecombe] profile 10 February, 2005
-    * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3558378.stm BBC News <E2><80><94> The Widdecombe Project] about her 
-    agony aunt television programme on BBC Two'''
-print process_page(page)
-sys.exit()
-