Ed Miliband and the importance of Hope
Anyone feeling gloomy? It’s snowing in March, the economy is a mess, and we’ve got a bungling, disreputable…
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Welfare sanctions vote – the fallout continues
The fallout from Tuesday’s welfare sanctions vote – and the sizeable Labour rebellion – has rumbled on into…
A budget speech of a chancellor who is trapped
Well, that wasn’t terribly edifying, was it? I suppose we knew not to expect an exercise in humility…
The welfare sanctions vote was Labour’s own Omnishambles
The significance of the welfare sanctions vote on Tuesday night has been (unsurprisingly) overlooked by the media in…
Terrible news for the Coalition (and Labour)
The growth figures in George Osborne’s budget are terrible news for the coalition. But they hardly make good…
Yesterday’s Labour Workfare Masssacre
This morning, like the night after Agincourt, lefties like me scanned the bloody, burnt out social media #workfare…
Labour’s perverse inconsistency on the Work Programme
There has been much anger and consternation about Labour’s plan to abstain on today’s jobseekers (back to work…
The Labour Party is conducting a review of UKIP – should we be worried about their popularity?
There has been much talk – especially since the Eastleigh by-election – about the threat posed to the…
How well does Labour need to do in the local elections?
As in previous years, here is my guide to to what constitutes success for Labour on 2nd May.…
Is it time to reconsider restricting cross media ownership?
For months now, ever since the first howls of anguish greeted the publication of the Leveson Report, the…
