Cameron must do better than Churchill, Heath and Thatcher to win
David Cameron will need to win more than 80 more seats than Labour to win the election, more than the 70-seat lead in 1979 and the 26-seat lead in October 1951.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Is it time Labour “did God”?
It was Alastair Campbell who famously declared that “we don’t do god”. Scottish Secretary, Jim Murphy now appears to disagree. Speaking to a gathering organised by Progress, Mr Murphy, currently leading the arrangements for the forthcoming visit to the UKtest
Lansley accused of using Palin’s “dangerous” tactics
Andrew Lansley has been accused by a leading US blogger of being “dangerous and dishonest” for attacking Labour with phrasing from the Sarah Palin school of politics.
Teen pregnancies fall but media cite “failure”
Teenage pregnancies have fallen to their lowest rate in over 20 years. But the media are painting the new figures as a Government “failure”.
Special interests have captured the copyright debate
Our guest writer is Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (@jimkillock) Progressive politics stands for justice and understanding, and facing up to corporate special interests to defend the public good. Yet somehow those corporate special interests havetest
Labour must be positive on immigration (and honest about the costs)
Labour ends its third term with one of the most comprehensive immigration control regimes in the world. Its rhetoric has shifted dramatically since 1997.
Labour and Tories not listening to new thinking on defence
Tuesday night’s Newsnight defence debate demonstrated the gulf between Labour and the Tories’ steadfast defence of the status quo and the voices for change.
Government shaken by rebellion on Energy Bill
A cross-party group came within eight votes of passing a new green standard for power plants last night. Poor Lib Dem turnout has been blamed for the failure.
Electoral reform is top of the pops
The Power 2010 project has democratically chosen five policy changes. Changing the electoral system is top of the popular reforms.
Is consensus emerging on bankers’ pay?
George Osborne has set out his support for limits on banking pay. His remarks come as Compass set out detailed proposals to tackle banking sector excesses.