How will the internet affect the general election?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last night, I had a discussion with Iain Dale about how the internet…
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“Careerism” in politics means we must have primaries
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Today’s Indpendent reports that more than a quarter of candidates running at the…
Mayor of Baltimore: Grayling’s comments dishonour our city
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPADTE: The Guardian, The Independent, The Baltimore Sun and LabourList all got hooked,…
We cannot afford to cut the surplus housing benefit
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 According to a report in today’s Times, budget smallprint will abolish the £780…
The BBC: bastion of the right?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The BBC, bastion of the left, biased in favour of Labour, liberal in…
A state system where every child can succeed
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On the day thousands of students are collecting their GCSE results across the…
Hannan: why we should not campaign on the removal of the Tories’ biggest backfiring weapon
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In yet another interview with the US Media, Daniel Hannan has praised Enoch…
Chuka weighs in on primaries debate on Next Left
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour’s candidate for Streatham, Chuka Umunna, has followed up from last week’s Tweet…
Blair’s series of lectures on Faith
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Tony Blair will be hosting a series of seminars and speeches in London…
A good and decent man
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I didn’t want to let this morning pass without marking the sad death…
