Voting over – but will the race come down to MPs’ second preferences?
With voting now over, it looks like the Labour leadership race will be neck-and-neck – and could come down to Abbott/Balls/Burnham supporters’ 2nd preferences.
Yearly Archives: 2010
How to mend Britain’s broken economy
A new e-book, entitled ‘Britain’s broken economy – and how to mend it’ is published today; here, contributor Jonathan Rutherford describes the background to it.
The contradictions of Vince Cable
Vince Cable received praise from certain quarters today for his speech attacking capitalism – yet his record tells a different story to his rhetoric.
Lib Dem MP’s sudden conversion from loving RDAs to loathing them
Kevin Meagher exposes Lib Dem Gordon Birtwistle’s sudden conversion from fan of Regional Development Agencies to saying they only give “crumbs off the table”.
Sustainable living: A radical manifesto for 2015
Former environment minister Barry Gardiner outlines his radical manifesto for 2015 on ‘sustainable living’.
Cable-nomics: a reader
Business lobby groups and the right-wing press are angry with Vince Cable for his remarks on capitalism. But Cable is right and vested interests should be scared.
Treasury trying to shut down climate department and axe clean energy funds
The credibility of the coalition’s claim to be the ‘greenest government ever’ suffered a huge blow today following reports the Treasury is planning to axe DECC.
Is the coalition unfairly targeting Scotland for cuts?
In echoes of the trialing of the poll tax in Scotland, the coalition has selected Aberdeen as one of only two cities for an “attack on incapacity benefit”.
Left Foot Forward is Britain’s 3rd favourite political blog
Last week Left Foot Forward was voted Britain’s No 1 left-wing blog. This week, LFF leads a left-wing insurgency of the blogosphere’s Top 20 sites coming third overall.
Party democracy alive and kicking at Lib Dem conference
Lib Dem supporters are rallying behind Clegg and his Coalitioneers. The anticipated fallout has yet to surface, and a healthy dose of dissent has risen in its place.