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Jon Ashworth: DIY recession – leadership the Cameron way

By Jon Ashworth

To say it’s been a momentous week for our country and our politics would be an understatement. Britain has voted to leave the European Union and our Prime Minister has resigned, leaving a power vacuum at the heart of government at a time of…

The wheels are falling off the Cameron-Osborne machine
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The wheels are falling off the Cameron-Osborne machine

By Jon Ashworth

It’s been a pretty bad few weeks for the Number 10 Press Office. Between the chaotic response to the steel crisis and the absentee Secretary of State Sajid Javid, the fallout from the forced schools academisation announcement, another…

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The Tories’ desperate election campaign

By Jon Ashworth

The Tories are running one of the most desperate campaigns for generations. They have embraced UKIP, turned their back on fiscal responsibility, spraying around billions of pounds of unfunded spending commitments, and they are now talking…

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A day on the road with a Tory mole

By Jon Ashworth

It's quite amusing when you spot you are being infiltrated by someone from the other side. You are faced with the choice: do we tell him we know or do we keep him with us. We went for the latter. So for any Tory kids out there thinking of…

Labour Conference 2013
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Conference Diary: It’s only Day One but what a start

By Jon Ashworth

I can’t remember a Conference (sorry #Lab13) where so many meaty policy announcements have been trailed in the run up. We arrive in Brighton knowing that prices have risen faster than wages in 38 out of 39 months under David Cameron…

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You can’t trust a word Nick Clegg says

By Jon Ashworth

Normally, the Liberal Democrats sit in Westminster, on the benches alongside David Cameron, to endorse his failing policies. But this week they went all the way to Glasgow to line up behind the Tories. They might as well not have bothered…

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