Lib Dems Shouldn’t Ditch Clegg (Yet)
Life isn’t easy for the Lib Dems at the moment. There are few indications it’s going to get…
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Labour elects first woman leader
Well, not quite. The idea of a woman leading the Labour Party is so off the wall that…
Osborne loses (one of) his jobs – this is the man who will replace him
The Daily Mail reports today that George Osborne will no longer be running the Tory 2015 election campaign.…
We cannot rely on George Osborne to push Labour into power – we should be much further ahead
The Coalition government’s economic strategy appears to be deteriorating by the day but we cannot rely on George…
Unfinished Business: Boundary Changes, Breaches of Contract and the Coalition
It has been a curious political August. Nick Clegg’s statement on the Liberal Democrats’ intention to vote against…
The donation dilemma – does Labour have enough money to run the 2015 election campaign that’s needed
Yesterday’s Electoral Commission figures brought home some harsh truths for Labour on donors, donations and party funding. Predictably…
Do we need a Marshall plan for the Middle East?
World prices are on the up and leaders are worried. G20 Ministers are regularly talking to see how…
Ed’s got a new guru? It’s much more complex than that…
Recently the New Statesman’s George Eaton revealed that Tim Soutphommasane was Ed Miliband’s new “guru”. Yesterday the Observer…
Rape 101
Ooookay. Thanks, the internet. I’d got most of my column written at about half seven last night –…
Labour’s policy review needs to win the generation game
The unfair settlement between generations in Britain is an open wound at the heart of society. At the…
