Labour must seize the charities agenda
By James Valentine The Tories talk a lot about charities. When Cameron does photo-ops you’ll often see him…
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The plausible song and dance man strikes again
By James Valentine You have to hand it to David Cameron – he has a way of talking…
Bland words from Cameron, King of Vague
By James Valentine Politicians are adept at making pronouncements on specific issues but they sometimes hesitate when they’re…
Public services: how should Labour pitch it in 2010?
By James Valentine New Year’s Day brought an interesting contribution to the education debate from the chief adviser…
Compassionate Cameron’s got the jitters – and fallen back on his Elf ‘n’ Safety Palins
By James Valentine David Cameron navigates the political landscape rather like a pilot coming in to land –…
The Tories and schools: welcome to chaos
By James Valentine Yet again education is a political battleground and it’s worth examining the Tory thinking about…
The ICM poll shows we have to get moving – what better opportunity than the Queen’s Speech?
By James Valentine The ICM polling results in yesterday’s Guardian are a cause for concern. As Alex Smith…
Expenses – they’re still at it
By James Valentine Sir Christopher Kelly’s report, out this week, sets out a view of how MPs’ expenses…
The case for Europe must be based on more than personalities
By James Valentine Should Tony Blair be President of the European Council? Does David Milliband want to be…
I’m confident that the Iraq inquiry will provide at least some answers
By James Valentine Phew, so we got there at last. Sir John Chilcot has opened his inquiry into…
