The Express, pensions and the truth behind the “benefits madness”
By Shamik Das Today’s front page lead on the Daily Express – Labour’s £186bn Benefits Madness revealed that…
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David Cameron: Slashing spending “inhuman”
By Alex Ross / @alex_ross1983 I’ve just come across a couple of juicy quotes from David Cameron’s Guardian…
How progressive are the Tories really, Mr Reeves?
By Brian Barder Yesterday’s Observer has a longish article by Richard Reeves, the Director of the think-tank Demos,…
A bridge too far
By Chris Cook I was interested to read the other day that a plan to raise the bridge…
You can’t run the country as if it were Tesco, Dave
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 David Cameron has said this weekend that he intends to run the country…
For 12 years, the top knobs in the party haven’t listened to us
By Tim Cheetham Most Labour folk, because we are entering the difficult ‘redefining’ phase of our existence, often…
Tim, shouldn’t a PM in waiting have more specific plans of his own?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Hi Tim, I read your response to my original post in Piccadilly Circus.…
Harriet Harman’s idea that men cannot run things without women is misandrist and untrue
By Laurie Penny / @PennyRed Harriet Harman is right to suggest that having the top jobs in the…
Does John Prescott support the Equalities Bill?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 John Prescott has weighed in on Harriet Harman’s criticisms of men-only leadership in…
A lump of labour
By Dan McCurry A “Lump of Labour” exists when there is an over-supply of the low skilled. The…
