Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk After David Cameron's diplomatic gaffe (or straight talking, if you prefer) last week over Pakistan, the visit of President Zardari was always likely to be an interesting insight into the fledgling foreign…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * The Sun's cabby has interviewed all of the leadership candidates - with varied results... * Michael Brown thinks coalition loyalty will trump party loyalty. * New research by Demos suggests that Labour…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * David Cameron suggests that the era of secure housing tenure is over. * The Mirror is calling the plans Cameron's "Home goal". * Job creation has slowed to a nine month low, * Theresa May warned Osborne…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * David Miliband wants to introduce a "Mansion Tax" to pay for housing benefit. * Ed Balls has written for the Times on the traps to avoid for Labour... * Next Left analyses the Balls article. * The…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As the leadership candidates dust down their swimwear, and head to their cottage/caravan for some well deserved down time - our daily "In the race" feature will also be taking a two week break. No doubt…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Andy Burnham has cancelled his holiday to keep on campaigning through the unofficial campaign truce in August. * Meanwhile the Liverpool Daily News says Burnham will fight to the end of the contest. *…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today lacked yesterday's fizz and crackle, without a live hustings in front of a studio audience, but as the candidates head towards their summer holidays (which they will surely be glad of), there were a…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Nick Clegg revealed yesterday that he had changed his mind about Tory cuts before the election, rather than after he was given a ministerial car and a comfy chair in Downing Street as he had previously led…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * The first opinion poll of the leadership race has been released by YouGov - and David Miliband is in the lead. * Jon Cruddas has called for an English Labour party. * Did Nick Clegg dupe David Cameron…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today was the day of the 5 Live leadership hustings, the first leadership event to be held infront of "ordinary voters". It was equal parts enthralling and unedifying, but it was certainly a change in both…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The deadline for voting in the Total Politics Best Blogs Poll is now just a couple of days away. As last year, when LabourList finished 15th, we're again co-hosting the poll, alongside Lib Dem Voice and…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Theresa May signals the end of the ASBO. * Nick Robinson trails his documentary, Five days that changed Britain. * Anthony Seldon on the moment that Clegg released a Lib-Lab coalition was a possibility…