PMQs verdict: Desperate Dave and the Mystery Medic
Watching PMQs hasn’t been much for for Labour supporters recently. If we’re completely honest Ed’s taken some beatings…
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Osborne delivers just ONE TENTH of the growth we were promised
Today’s GDP figures have confirmed that since the 2010 spending review, growth has been a paltry 0.3%, compared…
It’s too cold to be sleeping rough
A surprisingly mild winter has turned into a cold and wet new year. If you’re anything like me…
Ceding ground on cuts sees Tories take poll lead
In the last week alone, the IMF, ILO, World Bank and one of the world’s leading economist Paul…
The politics of the seminar room is costing Labour
Labour’s message isn’t cutting through. The announcement last week that the party could not promise to reverse every…
Whose votes have we lost? And why?
It has undeniably been a rubbish couple of months for Labour in the national polls – though not…
Getting real about the benefit cap
Despite attempts to inject some clarity today, Labour’s policy on the “benefits cap” still feels muddled. That’s partially because…
The left’s new divides
2011 was dominated by a false unity for the left. Labour behaved as if it were still in…
A massive yacht for the Queen
“A yacht. A yacht? Really, a yacht? You want to leak it that we’re going to buy the…
5 things Liam Byrne should focus on
Liam Byrne was right to remind us a few weeks ago that Beveridge’s system was fundamentally one of…
