ConHome shows its discipline as Osborne critiques disappear
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Tim Montgomerie has responded here. On an interesting day for the political…
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New Tory website “designed by US anti-healthcare lobbyists”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Strange goings on. Visitors to the “Cash Gordon” website this afternoon are…
Budget details begin to emerge – 8 in the morning, March 22nd
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Alistair Darling will unveil a £2 billion pound “green” investment bank in…
Details of budget emerge as Cable is called to Treasury
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The Times has details of likely new duties on alcohol; the Telegraph…
Poll List: ICM survey shows gap at 6 points
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The YouGov tracker tonight has: Con 38% (+2) Lab 31% (-1) LD…
Transforming Labour: 1,500 responses to Compass’ survey so far
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A week or so back, Gavin Hayes posted on LabourList about the “Transforming…
Improving tax receipts could boost budget by £13bn – 8 in the morning, March 19th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Improving tax receipts could give Alistair Darling an extra £13 billion for…
Douglas Alexander on the ‘word of mouth’ election
By Alex Smith / @AlexSmith1982 Interviewed in the Guardian last month, Labour’s general election co-ordinator Douglas Alexander (@DouglasGE10)…
BBC: Hague knew about Ashcroft tax status in 2000 – 8 in the morning, March 18th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * BBC alleges William Hague knew about Lord Ashcroft’s tax status in 2000,…
Labour can be proud of its union links – 8 in the morning, March 17th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * As the Tories launch a personalised attack Labour’s relationship with Unite, Labour…
