Bonfire night for London Transport – and the Mayor’s fanning the flames
By Len Duval The Mayor’s bonfire of essential transport projects continued apace this week as he announced that…
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If we want something done properly, we should do it ourselves
By Simon Leonard One of the best things I’ve seen on YouTube is The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart…
Many bloggers’ most frequent contribution to political debate is running commentary on other blogs – who cares?
By Alex Smith They say never work with children or animals. Children and animals, they say, are intolerable…
New Labour’s nasty ‘let them eat cake’ welfare attitude
By Tony Rhodes When it comes to Welfare Reform New Labour have lost the plot. Purnell and Freud…
Is Inheritance Tax fair?
By Zvonko Matovski On Monday, I posted a comment on an article by Julian Ware-Lane. Part of my…
Expenses need to be reformed now
By Richard Lane I am loath to jump on the ‘expenses-gate’ bandwagon, but following Iain Dale’s unfair accusation…
Politicians need to wake up to public anger on expenses
By Shamik Das The lurid revelations over the weekend about the Home Secretary’s latest expenses bungle raise serious…
The monarchy is not ‘harmless’
By Graham Smith The recent debate on changing the rules of royal succession has only served to remind…
Come on, Iain – we don’t censor here!
From LabourList Ian Dale has accused us of censorship. But he’s wrong, and we’ve just emailed him to…
The importance of Thursday cannot be overestimated
By Rachel Reeves It is easy to be cynical about what global summits and communiqués can achieve. But…
