Several Labour MPs warn Jackdaw approval could undermine climate progress
More than a dozen Labour MPs have expressed opposition to the government’s approval of the controversial Jackdaw gas…
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‘Follow the money’: opening up access to information
It was recently revealed that Atos, the controversial sponsor of the Paralympics receive £3bn in public money through…
Ed Miliband kicks off his One Nation tour – with a One Nation speech
Ed Miliband’s One Nation Tour (Labour HQ aren’t calling it tha, but that’s what it is) kicked off…
Osborne’s share ‘bribe’ is a con
So this Government wants people to feel invested in the companies that they work for. To do this…
Boris didn’t watch Cameron’s speech
After David Cameron very publicly watched Boris Johnson’s speech to Tory Party conference, you might think that the…
Tories vote for motion calling themselves “incompetent”
A brilliant spot from politics.co.uk, who report: Welsh Conservatives voted to call their own party incompetent yesterday, after…
Danny Alexander throws a strop with the SMF
An interesting exchange, as reported on the Social Market Foundation website: Ian Mulheirn: In June 2010, when the [fiscal…
Did any party conference really tackle these three major crises?
Conference season is over. Most of the country won’t have even realised that it was happening of course,…
Labour’s Police and Crime Commissioners should take a broader view of “justice”
As election day for the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) draws ever closer, it seems a good juncture…
It’s time for Labour to reach beyond “the empty stadium”
Party general Secretary Iain McNicol, in his speech to the Labour Party conference, cited Philip Gould’s metaphor that…
The faith of One Nation Labour
“He who smiles last longer”, so read the Wayside Pulpit message outside a rather bedraggled Methodist church I…
