November 2010
LSE, SOAS and Guildhall among Unis to see teaching grants abolished
Twenty-four universities will see their entire teaching grants cut under the Browne review’s plans to focus Government spending on science, […]
Midterms post-mortem: Wrong to say Obama over-promised and under-delivered
Two years after Barack Obama swept into the White House, questions are being asked about how the Democrats did so badly in last night's elections; Left Foot Forward's Frank Spring reports from the States.
Landlords are the real winners from Huhne’s ‘Green Deal’ speech
Whilst others are busy comparing competing views on the coalition’s environmental record after Chris Huhne’s speech on the Green Deal at the LSE on Tuesday, all the papers - The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian - seemed to miss a significant aspect of the story behind the climate change and energy secretary’s speech.
Coalition should abandon immigration cap or redefine the target
The Home Affairs Committee’s Immigration Cap report sets out some striking findings about the minimal impact the cap will have in achieving the coalition government’s policy objective of reducing net migration.
Exclusive: Left-wing blogs top Wikio rankings
Liberal Conspiracy and Left Foot Forward have leapt to the top of Wikio's rankings of British blogs. They are ahead of Iain Dale's Diary and Guido Fawkes' blog for the first time.
Teflon Teather’s u-turn in the sky
The curbing of emissions from aviation is an important issue for any government. Not only does aviation stimulate the economy, the market mechanisms often advocated to curb such emissions can impact negatively both on those hoping to fly as well as those economies dependent on the transportation of tourists... The Liberal Democrats were acutely aware of this when pledging to scrap the air passenger duty (APD) during the election as a means of protecting Caribbean voters.