July 2010
Abbott supports AV but blasts Balls
Diane Abbott is the second leadership candidate to respond to our questions crowd-sourced with Left Foot Forward readers after David […]
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The referendum on the alternative vote will be announced next week and held next May, a story the BBC has been leading on today and last night - and a story broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday evening.
Balls: This was “the Budget from hell”
Ed Balls hit out at the Coalition Government for "the most unfair and regressive Budget in a generation" today, calling it "reckless and unfair".
The week outside Westminster
A round-up of the week's politics from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Hague’s actions on Europe not his words will show where he really stands
If we are to take something positive from William Hague's speech yesterday, it is that senior Conservatives seem to have got the message that Britain's role in the European Unioin is important. However, it has also exposed the emptiness of what the Cameron government has to offer on the international stage.
Labour should support a “Yes” vote on AV
With a date now set for a referendum on switching the electoral system to the Alternative Vote, a debate will no doubt rage inside both the Labour and Conservative parties as to how they should campaign.