Budget 2026: What MPs, union leaders and think tanks want to see from Healey
John Healey is just one day away from delivering his first Budget as Chancellor, facing competing challenges and…
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The evidence shows no Ken/Labour gap
As soon as the ballot boxes closed on Thursday, the media talking heads had made up their minds.…
Let’s reform the House of Lords – but not Nick Clegg’s way
Like most democrats, I strongly favour a wholly elected House of Lords, but the government’s draft Bill for…
Labour needs a new leader for London to take the attack to Boris
Mark Ferguson was quick off the mark with his post profiling candidates who could be in the running…
The Lib Dems – not as bad as UKIP
The Liberal Democrats suffered heavy loses in Thursday’s local elections, losing 336 Councillors and dropping below 3,000 Councillors…
Expectation management fail?
My attention has just been drawn to this spectacular failure of expectation management by CCHQ’s press team on…
London 2016 – who’s in the running?
It’s only 36 hours since the London Mayoral race came to an end, but already thoughts are turning…
Ken Livingstone casts a shadow over us all
I saw a joke on Twitter the other day: “It’s impossible to get sunburnt at Kelly Rowland’s Miami home, because…
Cameron “needs to wake up and smell the coffee” says Tory MP
Learning from Lancashire
The national significance of local election results is usually viewed through the lens of how well Labour did…
Is this Britain’s worst bar chart?
A great spot by Chris Hughes, who has flagged up this bar chart in the Independent. It’s almost…
