PMQs Verdict: Miliband knocks Cameron for six with a first round sucker punch
Today, Ed Miliband knocked David Cameron on his arse with his first question at PMQs, and the Prime…
Mark Ferguson
This should be our national shame
A week today the Chancellor will stand in the rarified surroundings of the Commons to give his budget…
What the Tories really think about Ed Balls
Tory MPs usually spend their time talking about how dreadful Ed Balls is, and how they’d like nothing…
The Tory Right and the perils of confirmation bias
There’s a poll out this morning that tells the Tory Right what they want to hear. I hope…
Remember 10p? Ed Balls does…
Amid all of the discussion recently about Labour’s plans to reintroduce the 10p tax rate, there was much…
What Labour can learn from Nick Clegg
Like many millions of people I tuned out of politics a little this weekend – it was Mother’s…
On Lord Ashcroft and Labour…
Lord Ashcroft – once the bête noire of Labour activists and marginal seat holding MPs – has been…
Yvette Cooper outlines Labour plans to tackle “benefit tourism”
Most of Yvette Cooper’s immigration speech today was briefed out in advance over night, but she kept a…
Labour needs to end the “arms race” on immigration – because we can’t win it
Today Yvette Cooper is fleshing out Labour’s approach to immigration, both in the media and in a speech…
The challenges of a changing NHS
In the wake of the Francis Report into the shocking failures at Stafford hospital, it’s not an easy…
