Why won’t Cameron criticise (or sack) the man he was sat next to at PMQs?
It’s a shame that no Labour MPs decided to use one of their scripted questions to ask about…
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Contribution and compassion – are these the key to Labour’s approach on welfare?
There was an interesting piece by James Kirkup in the Telegraph last Friday that didn’t get much attention,…
Did Labour miscalculate ex-LibDem voters in Eastleigh?
I’m not sure why anyone expected any different. All the polling from Eastleigh is at least consistent on…
The real Big Society
In the late 1980s, I took part in Neil Kinnock’s policy review – ‘Meet the Challenge, Make the…
Are some of the Shadow Cabinet facing the axe?
Today the Shadow Cabinet are meeting, no doubt with the economy on their minds. But as we approach…
Why 2015 will not be 1992
The tenth of April 1992 was a bleak, chilly day for Labour. Many – probably most – Labour…
Why Labour probably won’t win in Eastleigh
Eastleigh – the one that (probably) got away. Labour could win this seat (anything can happen in a…
Nick Clegg has FIFTEEN Spads – of whom TEN appear to be employed to spy on the Tories
A Freedom of Information request by the Labour Peer George Foulkes has revealed that Nick Clegg has 15…
Six nations economics and the downgrade
Imagine economic policy was a six nations game. The Moody’s downgrade is essentially a crunching tackle. George Osborne…
Some things Osborne has said about the importance of Britain maintaining a AAA rating
A few months ago we produced a list of things that George Osborne has said about the UK’s…
