Tory cuts would “strangle” growth by £5bn
The Conservative party’s economy policy would “strangle the recovery at birth.” Their cuts are equivalent to taking £5 billion out of the economy or 1/3% GDP.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Don’t let Bin Laden discredit climate change
Osama Bin Laden has called for the world to boycott US goods & the US dollar, blaming them for climate change, according to a new audiotape released last week.
Economic update – February 2010
In January, the UK economy limped out of recession in the final quarter of 2009, with official figures showing that real GDP increased by a meagre 0.1 per cent.
Politics Summary: Monday, February 1st
The Guardian reports new concerns over Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative party’s biggest donor. The Conservative leadership is accused of being “evasive and obfuscatory” over Ashcroft’s tax status in a ruling by the information commissioner, which states: “Lord Ashcroft could havetest
What the left can learn from the free-market right
The economic crisis has placed neo-liberalism under pressure. But the left has much to learn from the movement that pushed the rise of the free-market right.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq Inquiry, the London Conf. on Afghanistan, the Northern Ireland talks, child & pensioner poverty, hereditary peers & more.
Citizen empowerment v the “font of fear”
John Denham is at war with the ‘broken Britain’ narrative; his speech on Wednesday left it pockmarked with facts from a Britain not nearly so broken.
The week outside Westminster
Given that this week outside Westminster has been dominated by ongoing and tense negotiations over the devolution of policing and justice, this week’s “Week Outside Westminster” concentrates on how the week panned out. • On Saturday, Sinn Fein President, Gerrytest
George Osborne is wrong. Even the bankers agree
Left Foot Forward has the backing of senior bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos on eye-watering pay deals in the City, and that George Osborne is wrong
Pre-emptive or preventive? Has the mask slipped?
Tony Blair today emphasised the long term implications of Saddam’s retention of power. This is further evidence that it was a preventive war and not preemptive.