Alex Smith

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Peter Lilley's office says the Twitter account is not operated by him. I've asked again that he clarify his position on seal slubbing and the EU bill to ban seal products. There's a cutting and…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 An article by James Macintyre in tomorrow's New Statesman will reveal that Jewish leaders from around Europe, led by the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, have called on David Cameron to reconsider his…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Why is David Cameron not on Twitter? Because, he says: "It's too instantaneous...too many twits might make a twat". Too instantaneous? Doesn't the job of Prime Minister require a little thinking on your feet…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 New Tory MP for Norwich North has started as she means to go on. In an article for ConservativeHome, she says: "There's only one way out of this debt crisis, and that's cuts in public spending." That's not the…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Despite the tension around the Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight, it is not just and it cannot be justified that 11 non-unionsed employees have tonight been sacked by the Danish wind turbine manufacturers…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour MP for Dartford Howard Stoate has said he will step down at the next election because he will no longer be able to practise as a GP under the new second jobs restrictions. Dr Stoate said he had been…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Esther Rantzen has said she will run to replace Margaret Moran, who stood down as Labour MP for Luton South in the wake of the expenses scandal. Rantzen said she had long been "fascinated by politics" and that…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Ed Miliband has responded to our letter, here: This morning on LabourList, we have already had three articles on what Labour can do to respond to its supporters' convictions on green issues. These…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Over on his blog, Anthony Painter has highlighted the story of Ayoub Khan, the Lib Dem councillor and PPC for Birmingham Ladywood, who is apparently creating "wholly untrue accusations" against his political…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Claude Moraes, the Labour MEP for London region, has been awarded the V.K. Krishna Menon award for his "services to the political, social and economic advancement of deprived sections of the community, as well…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 So the Government is considering a referendum on the voting system to occur at the same time as the next general election. It's a strategy the party believes will "expose David Cameron as a roadblock to…

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Respected Labour MP for Thurrock Andrew MacKinlay is to step down from Parliament at the next election because he is "pysically and mentally burned out." Iain Dale had the story first after speaking at length…