Politics Summary: Tuesday, March 2nd
Lord Aschcroft’s “£127m in unpaid taxes”, Radovan Karadzic’s war crimes trial at The Hague, climategate and more.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Introduce a living wage, say Left Foot Forward readers
Introducing a living wage has topped this blog’s survey of progressive manifesto ideas. The idea beat a green new deal as the most popular manifesto ideas.
Boris ally blows £900 donations on ballgowns – police investigate
The spectre of sleaze returned to haunt Boris Johnson today as the police announced an investigation into another of the Mayor’s key aides, Bertha Joseph.
Northern Ireland police face fresh wave of attacks in wake of Newry car bombing
There is more evidence that dissidents are stepping up their attempts to ruin the Hillsborough Agreement, following the Newry car bomb last week.
Five questions for Lord Lawson and Benny Peiser
The Chair and Director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation appear before a Commons this afternoon. Left Foot Forward sets out 5 questions they must answer.
Lib Dems remain unconvinced by Hain’s “love bombing”
What is undeniable is that the Lib Dems are being taken very seriously by both Labour and Conservatives in a way that has not happened for a long time.
Further poll woe for Cameron: Tory voters favour electoral reform referendum
A poll has found that more Tory voters believe Cameron should allow a referendum on voting reform than hold up the Bill in the Lords, by 45%:32%.
Did Rosindell deliver the leaflets he denies approving?
Andrew Rosindell’s protestations that he did not “write or approve” an immigration leaflet look increasingly weak. He was campaigning the day it was delivered.
Economic update – March 2010
With most of the data now in, it is clear that the UK economy stabilised in the second half of 2009, after its shocking fall between mid-2008 and mid-2009.
Politics Summary: Monday, March 1st
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The front pages are dominated with reaction to David Cameron’s big speech yesterday, which Politics Home describes as “positive but muted”. The Times concludes, “David Cameron has shown ustest