Ed Miliband – two years in, the verdict
Ed Miliband was elected as Labour leader on September 25th 2010, so on the second anniversary of that…
Comment
A conference without fireworks – and this is a good thing
Usually I would be writing a column at about this point, a week before Labour’s Annual Conference, setting…
Appeasement of UKIP is damaging Britain’s global standing
Political partnerships are difficult – especially, it seems, with the Conservative Party. Just ask the Lib Dems or…
Lib Dems are talking tough on tax avoidance – we’ve heard it all before
Right on cue, at the start of their party conference, Lib Dem Ministers are talking tough about a…
Is journalism clinging to an outdated way of doing things? Yes, but to be fair, so is politics…
So Guardian journo David Leigh has argued in favour of a £2 per month tax on broadband to…
Want to really restore trust in politics? Stop the lying and duplicity
I’ve been stewing all day about Nick Clegg’s assertion that his apology was right, on the basis that:…
The King is redundant! Long Live the MPC!
Mervyn King yesterday announced that he would give his explicit approval to this Tory-led Government to break one…
Michael Sandel and the politics of the common good
There has been a bit of excitement recently about the role that Michael Sandel will play at Labour…
As long as the “arrogant posh boys” rule the roost, the Tories will struggle to win over the country
It’s hard to see how the Andrew Mitchell story could be much worse for the Tories. Being accused…
The Tories are gearing up for the 2015 election – is Labour ready?
The Tories are going for the jugular and are planning a relentless assault on Ed Miliband in the…
