Comment Forget Cameron’s Europe speech – today’s GDP figures are the real game changer Was Cameron’s Europe speech really just two days ago? At the time many on the right (and indeed… Mark Ferguson 25th January, 2013, 11:48 am
News This is how little growth George Osborne has delivered We’re not quite at triple dip yet, but as GDP figures are released today showing the economy shrank… Mark Ferguson 25th January, 2013, 10:21 am
Featured Yesterday the Tories looked strong – today they look desperate Yesterday it felt like the Tories were in control. They were united behind Cameron on Europe (for now)… Mark Ferguson 24th January, 2013, 2:35 pm
News Labour leadership “very keen” for votes at 16 to be in Labour’s 2015 manifesto There’s broad support from across the Labour Party today for the announcement that the Labour frontbench would be… Mark Ferguson 24th January, 2013, 12:51 pm
Europe PMQs Verdict: Cameron (Euro)trashes Miliband I wanted to see a decisive statement from Ed Miliband on Europe today. We got one in the… Mark Ferguson 23rd January, 2013, 1:12 pm
Featured At PMQs, Ed Miliband should call for an EU referendum – in 2015 The genie is out of the bottle and it can’t be put back in. Britain will have an… Mark Ferguson 23rd January, 2013, 10:55 am
Comment Deluded Cameron has chosen party unity over the economy – shame on him This morning David Cameron is making his much (much) delayed “tantric” (shudder) Europe speech. In it he will… Mark Ferguson 23rd January, 2013, 7:35 am
Featured Chuka is a Blairite? Since when…? In the last two weeks I’ve read several articles in national newspapers stating (in passing and never with… Mark Ferguson 22nd January, 2013, 12:05 pm
Featured Voters back Labour on welfare, and the Tories are unpopular with women – but the poll lead is down There’s a conventional wisdom challenging poll out from the Guardian/ICM today. Conventional wisdom says that Labour’s poll lead… Mark Ferguson 21st January, 2013, 3:08 pm
Featured Ed can work with Nick – but only if he wants a mutiny on his hands There was an interesting column from Andrew Rawnsley in the Observer yesterday, suggesting that the relationship between Ed… Mark Ferguson 21st January, 2013, 10:01 am