Allegations on TUC’s development role without foundation
A slew of recent articles seek to undermine the important and justifiable role for the TUC in delivering development policy. Left Foot Forward refutes the claims.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Politics Summary: Friday, January 15th
David Cameron will today publish plans to “join up” the international development and defence budgets as part of his party’s National Security Strategy. The FT reports that, “A Conservative government will examine shifting money from the international aid budget totest
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Anti-Sikh BNP’s shameful attempt to exploit murder victim
The BNP have attempted to exploit the death of Sukhwinder Singh. BNP leader Nick Griffin has proposed sending all Sikhs to India.
Is Cameron the 13th Duke of Wybourne?
But after further manual brushing by Hackney graffiti artist, there is a distinct similarity between David Cameron and the 13th Duke of Wybourne.
Independent owner to be inundated with emails on Liddle
The new owner of the Independent, Alexander Lebedev, is to be inundated with emails from the 3,500 strong facebook group opposing the Independent’s mooted appointment of Rod Liddle as editor. Members of the group were emailed last night by creatortest
Without league tables, pupil performance improvement is almost impossible to gauge
With the publication of the latest league tables, as usual, the NUT have welcomed impressive results, while the right-wing press bemoan “falling standards”.
Blair must answer “tough questions” on Iraq
Philippe Sands QC has listed the questions Tony Blair must answer if the Chilcot Inquiry is to be a success. He said the inquiry could play “a cathartic role”.
Darling must listen to MPs’ call for High Pay Commission
The bankers’ windfall tax has failed to curb the bonus culture. The Government should listen to over 100 MPs and announce a High Pay Commission.
Politics Summary: Thursday, January 14th
Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. All today’s papers lead on the devastation in Haiti, with the Guardian and Sun reporting fears that up to 100,000 people have been killed in Tuesday’s earthquake. The Timestest