Labour should go slow
Pressure is building on Labour to spend time finding a new leader. A letter in this morning’s Guardian makes the case for a slower leadership contest.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Politics Summary: Friday, May 14th
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. Just days into the new coalition, Tory MPs have expressed doubts over electoral reform, Europe and constitutional change. Today’s Independent reports that “Although the first meeting of the Cabinettest
Election trends and what they tell us
The decline in the two-party vote, increasing voter disengagement and fewer of marginal seats have all combined to create a system that doesn’t work.
What awaits Mr Cameron in Wales?
Speaking of the new coalition government in Westminster, Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones called for a constructive relationship with the new prime minister.
Which way now for immigration policy?
The coalition government has compromised on immigration. But while the end to child detention is a victory for campaigners, there are huge problems with the proposed cap.
Good news on Heathrow but Lib Dems to abstain on nuclear
The parties have seen eye-to-eye in this area on scrapping the Heathrow expansion plans, for example, and on new emissions standards for power plants.
Is 55% too low?
There are fears over the Lib-Con government’s 55 per cent threshold for a successful dissolution resolution. But this could be overplayed.
Lib Dems set to support regressive Tory VAT increase
A BBC survey of economists reports that they expect value added tax to rise from 17.5 to 20 per cent.
Teachers cheer exit of Balls, but what will they make of Gove?
Teachers have cheered the exit of Ed Balls – one of the most unpopular education secretaries in recent history – but what will they make of Michael Gove?
Politics Summary: Thursday, May 13th
All the front pages feature pictures of Britain’s new “happy couple”, dubbed the “Ant and Dec” of British politics, in the garden of Number 10. The Guardian says that, “Nick Clegg is to take personal charge of a massive programmetest