PMQs Verdict – the most unloved PMQs of the year lives up to its billing
The PMQs session before the budget is traditionally the most unloved PMQs of the year. No-one reports on…
Mark Ferguson
What will the next Labour government look like? The question we’ll try to answer today
In just over fifty days the nation heads to the polls. Soon after Ed Miliband could walk through…
Whatever happened to Red UKIP?
Today, Nigel Farage says that he’ll resign as UKIP leader if he fails to win a seat in…
Laughter, tears and applause – a year on from Tony Benn’s death, how we marked his passing
Today marks the first anniversary of Tony Benn’s death. A titan of the Labour Party and the wider…
Liz Kendall – the one person battlebus
I meet Liz Kendall on the 9.30 train out of Kings Cross. I’ve had to run to get…
Latest Ashcroft poll shows Labour making ground in England – but facing wipeout in Scotland
After the Ashcroft constituency poll of Scottish seats exactly a month ago I said that Scottish Labour is…
PMQs Verdict: Nevermind what Cameron said – it’s what he wouldn’t say that matters
There are only three PMQs left until the election. Three more of these turgid, unattractive, unedifying and borderline…
5 reasons why Labour’s tuition fees plan is a big improvement
I was ready to be underwhelmed by Ed Miliband’s tuition fees announcement today. In recent weeks the outlines…
PMQs Verdict – What do you mean you can’t live on seventy grand a year?
In recent days I’ve heard more than one commentator claim that MPs can’t afford to live on their…
Dugher promises “more public control” over railways and says “privatisation was a disaster”
Michael Dugher has given a strident and fascinating interview to George Eaton over at the New Statesman, in…
