The Unrepresentative House – Parliament is badly failing to reflect the UK’s ethnic diversity
I recently asked Insight Public Affairs to work with me to compile some data about political parties, their…
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My visit to Israel and Palestine this week has strengthened my commitment to a two state solution
Since Operation Protective Edge began in early July, at least 1,360 Palestinians have been killed, mostly civilians, and…
Grayling gives speech attacking Labour while his own department publish his failings
You know that a Cabinet Minister’s speech has no positive message when the Tory Press Office Twitter account…
The Nasty Party’s nasty campaign has begun
Three days ago a group of prominent Tory women warned that the Lynton Crosby led negative campaign the…
Cameron condemned for immigration PR stunt
Yesterday, David Cameron offered an ominous threat to people who are deemed to be ‘illegal immigrants’, when he…
It’s not just Ed. Their faith in competition makes all our politicians weird
It’s not just Ed. There’s something profoundly weird about our political class. Labour, LibDem and Tory, politicians seem…
McBride back to attack a Labour leader? Old habits die hard
Stop the presses: the paperback edition of Damian McBride’s aptly named memoir Power Trip has been published. And if…
The law alone won’t stop domestic violence – we need a culture change
There’s been little, if any, criticism following Yvette Cooper’s announcement yesterday that if elected next May Labour will…
Strategists now believe UKIP could hand election to Labour
Labour Party strategists have calculated that if UKIP poll more than 9% of votes in next year’s election,…
Miliband gets his retaliation in first
Of course Ed Miliband isn’t really like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit. If he was he’d have been eating…
