October 2011
Second reading of NHS bill offers a second chance to kill it
With the health and social care bill returning to the House of Lords for its second reading this Tuesday, the […]
One-club Osborne drives economy further into the rough
William Bain MP (Labour, Glasgow North East) is the shadow food, farming and fisheries minister, and contributor to “What Next […]
Boris’s leadership is getting beyond a joke
Jenny Jones AM writes about Boris Johnson’s failures as London Mayor in response to his speech to this week’s Conservative party conference.
Everything you know about the ‘Thatcherite consensus’ is wrong
Stewart Lansley presents new evidence that pre-80s managed socialism was actually more successful than the market socialism that replaced it.
Northern Ireland health workers strike over budget cuts
The Democratic Unionist Party has accused the public sector union Unison of having presided over strikes with no mandate from those involved, reports Ed Jacobs.
Cameron’s central argument on debt is wrong; Labour needs to find a way to say so
Speechwriting expert Asher Dresner reviews David Cameron’s Tory conference speech yesterday, focusing on his central argument about the debt, and why he is wrong.