Is François Hollande the next president of France?
Jack Storry reports from the speech by Axelle Lemaire building support for François Hollande in London on Tuesday night.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Conservative commentator believes in smacking because his instinct says so
According to Andrew Lilico at ConservativeHome, you don’t need to bother about the evidence when it comes to smacking. We beg to differ.
The Financial Times comes out against the NHS bill
Alex Hern reports on the calls from the Financial Times to drop the NHS bill. Although they are attacking from the right, this will pile yet more pressure on the government.
Higher education reforms theaten a slump in UK’s international competitiveness
According to the latest EU statistics, the UK ranks a lowly 18th place when it comes to people with at least an upper secondary education (equivalent to A-levels) The UK should be at the top of the table when it comes to education.
Growth in jobs probably not enough to bring down unemployment
There appears to be an uptick in jobs but its enough to keep up with increasing demand
GOP enters the Santorum quagmire as a brokered convention looms
With former Pennsylvanian Sentor winning a clean sweep of three state contests last night in the race to be the Republican nominee to be President, it appears the GOP has a real problem. A brokered convention looms.
Don’t believe the spin – the health reforms are Cameron’s just as much as Lansley’s
Despite trying to pin the health reforms on Andrew Lansley, David Cameron says he helped design them, he has backed them in public and is ultimately responsible.
As order breaks down in Syria, its Christians suffer the consequences
Ed Jacobs looks at life for Christians in Syria during the unrest, and calls on the government to do more to support freedom of religion worldwide
KPMG abandons anti-wind pro-gas energy report
Alex Hern reports on the quiet failure by KPMG to release a report which, they claim, makes the case for gas power over wind turbines.
The shocking effect of Gove’s EMA axe: Youngsters skipping food to get to college
Young people are having to choose whether to eat or travel to college thanks to the government’s “disastrous” decision to axe education maintenance allowance.