Lib Dem MP’s sudden conversion from loving RDAs to loathing them
Kevin Meagher exposes Lib Dem Gordon Birtwistle’s sudden conversion from fan of Regional Development Agencies to saying they only give “crumbs off the table”.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Sustainable living: A radical manifesto for 2015
Former environment minister Barry Gardiner outlines his radical manifesto for 2015 on ‘sustainable living’.
Cable-nomics: a reader
Business lobby groups and the right-wing press are angry with Vince Cable for his remarks on capitalism. But Cable is right and vested interests should be scared.
Treasury trying to shut down climate department and axe clean energy funds
The credibility of the coalition’s claim to be the ‘greenest government ever’ suffered a huge blow today following reports the Treasury is planning to axe DECC.
Is the coalition unfairly targeting Scotland for cuts?
In echoes of the trialing of the poll tax in Scotland, the coalition has selected Aberdeen as one of only two cities for an “attack on incapacity benefit”.
Left Foot Forward is Britain’s 3rd favourite political blog
Last week Left Foot Forward was voted Britain’s No 1 left-wing blog. This week, LFF leads a left-wing insurgency of the blogosphere’s Top 20 sites coming third overall.
Party democracy alive and kicking at Lib Dem conference
Lib Dem supporters are rallying behind Clegg and his Coalitioneers. The anticipated fallout has yet to surface, and a healthy dose of dissent has risen in its place.
Livingstone: Al-Qaradawi is a “leading progressive voice” in Muslim world
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has described Islamist extremist Yusuf al-Qaradawi as “one of the leading progressive voices in the Muslim world”.
The Coalition’s £100bn gamble on growth without the state
Zoe Gannon of Compass reports on the Coalition’s £100 billion gamble on growth without the state.
Spending Challenge – of 45,000 ideas, just 3 are taken up
Of the 45,000 proposals submitted to the government’s much hyped ‘Spending Challenge’, only three have been taken up, reports Matthew Pitt.