Engineering Employers Federation chief executive Terry Scuoler on the Today Programme:
“If we look at just the focus and the energy government has put into managing the fiscal deficit and the day-to-day detail and discipline behind that. Do we have that same discipline and focus behind a growth plan for the British economy? No, I don’t think we do.”
Here’s the official White House photo of Miliband’s meeting with president Obama at the White House earlier today. Far from a “brush-past”, it looks (from this photo at least) like the two had a serious sit down meeting. As for the imagery – Miliband and his team will be pleased this is what the White House have put out, with the President reaching out a hand to the Labour leader: You can read what the two men talked about here.
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Ed Miliband got his meeting with President Obama this evening (afternoon East Coast time). It lasted just short of half an hour, when Obama joined a meeting with National Security Adviser Susan Rice. There’s also a photo of Miliband and Obama – but (interestingly, as it means Obama and his team are “owning” the visit, it’s being sent out by the White House). Here’s what a Miliband spokesperson said the two men talked about: Ed Miliband today met President Barack Obama for […]
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Update: Miliband did get his meeting with Obama, it lasted half an hour and included discussion on Ukraine, Gaza and the “cost of living crisis”. More details (and a photo) when we have it. Update: The Obama Miliband photo exists – it’s being issued by the White House… Ed Miliband is meeting the US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (and…maybe someone else) this evening. Here’s Miliband arriving at the White House (photo courtesy of @edstradling): And here’s Miliband and Douglas […]
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Richard Drax, Conservative MP for South Dorset, has said that David Cameron’s decision to promote more women MPs (but remember, with some demotions, on our count there are only 2 more women in the Cabinet than prior to the reshuffle) to the Cabinet is tokenism. On his website, Drax said that he didn’t oppose women “getting the top jobs” but said they “like their male counterparts” must “get their on merit and not just because they are women and a […]
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Often a Cabinet reshuffle will see a polling boost for the party in question – but not for David Cameron. Over the course of the last week, the Tories have dropped five points, according to the latest Lord Ashcroft poll, with Labour taking an eight point lead. The results are: Labour 35%, Tories 27%, UKIP 17%, Lib Dems 7%, Greens 7% Since beginning his weekly polls in May, Ashcroft’s results have been notoriously volatile, often appearing to be the most extreme […]
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