Commons vote on electoral reform referendum
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: For more on the options for electoral reform, click here. You can…
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Balls: Cameron and the Mail are making second class citizens of unmarried families
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Ed Balls fired a shot back at the Tories’ new plans for marriage…
Poll List: ComRes points to a hung parliament
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A ComRes poll for today’s Indpendent shows a drop in support for the…
“Blind” to the needs of the white working class: it’s time to put immigration front and centre
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 For me, the most powerful passage from Michael Merrick’s brilliant, frank assessment of…
New troop surge in Afghanistan will attempt to wind down conflict
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The PM has now confirmed to the House that 500 more troops…
Poll List: YouGov poll shows mixed results
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a YouGov poll for yesterday’s Telegraph, Labour continued its trend of slightly…
Local Tory Leader slams his party’s inexperience for government
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Tory leader in Hammersmith and Fulham, Stephen Greenhalgh, has been reported tonight…
Red lines for a progressive PBR
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 With less than a fortnight before the Pre-Budget Report on December 9th, Will…
Iraq: did Blair firm up the US alliance to buy support for the Euro?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Steve Richards has a powerfully argued case for the domestic and political rationale…
Cameron on Cameron: why did he leave the EPP again?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Seeing as last night was my only night off this week, I decided…
