Children deserve protection from passive smoking
Children deserve protection from passive smoking in the car. Adults can make their own lifestyle choices but their…
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We need the right to recall MPs more than ever
Denis MacShane has done the right thing by standing down as an MP, allowing the people of Rotherham…
Where costs are king scant concern is given to the impact on rural life
What is this government’s problem with the countryside? It tried and failed to sell off the forests and kill…
The Tory Argument Against Regional Pay
It’s not common for a Government to conclusively lose the argument about one of its own policies purely…
About last night
I found last night’s defeat of the government oddly depressing. I’m not sure why, exactly. I mean, as…
Pro Europe pro EU Budget squeeze
To be pro-European does not mean enabling the EU to escape spending cuts imposed by every member state…
On poetry and politics
Not many days before he was gunned down, John F Kennedy gave a remarkable speech at the all-male…
David Cameron runs the country – but he doesn’t run his party
To lose one parliamentary vote in a year is careless. To lose twice is wreckless. Or should that be…
The PCC elections are an omnishambles – but Labour has questions to answer too
How on earth do you get two weeks away from an election before you realise you weren’t eligible to…
Heseltine has a plan for growth, Osborne barely has a committee on it
Tarzan is back. The best leader the Tories never had ™ returned to front line politics today with…
