Politics vs Economics: setting the scene for the Fabian’s Next Economy conference
Marcus Roberts looks at what happens when the ‘political reality’ prevents you from doing what is actually best
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Cameron must speak out against Canada’s anti-gay marriage ruling
James Hallwood writes about Canada’s awful legal ruling, which retrospectively annulled thousands of marriages, and calls on Cameron to fight it.
Labour’s failings on disability – and the way forward
Ben Baumberg writes about where Labour can move on from the ‘benefit scrounger’ argument.
We need to save manufacturing, but manufacturing won’t save us
Westminster fashionable talk dictates that we need to rebalance the economy towards manufacturing. But manufacturing is declining as a proportion of the world economy.
“Demonising the government”: Sue Marsh v Chris Grayling (and Emily Maitlis)
Alex Hern presents the clash between disability campaigner Sue Marsh and employment minister Chris Grayling from last night’s Newsnight.
Ignore Wonga’s spin; they’re still targeting students
Alex Hern covers the continuing deceit of Wonga over their targeting of students for their payday loans
Express owner: ‘Mail is Britain’s worst enemy’
Alex Hern reports on Richard “Dirty” Desmond’s testimony at the Leveson enquiry.
Biggs: ‘Boris Tunnel’ is four years late and “doesn’t appear to have any funding”
Labour have criticised Boris Johnson’s delay in approving plans for an east London river crossing, calling the wait “four years longer than it should have been”.
Five reasons Clegg can’t stand on his social mobility record
Alex Hern runs through the government’s record on social mobility, and argues Nick Clegg’s minor success today doesn’t undo the damage he’s caused so far.
Express editor: We left PCC because it failed to stop us lying
Daily Express editor Hugh Whittow today told the Leveson Inquiry the paper withdrew from the PCC because it failed to stop them publishing defamatory material about the McCanns.