Salmondshambles: Wee Eck’s dark day becomes a bleak week
Alex Salmond’s dark day has become a week from Hell for the Scottish first minister, as the SNP’s independence campaign limps from one disaster to the next.
Yearly Archives: 2012
We’re out of recession – but it’s too early to pop the champagne corks
The UK is out of the double-dip recession, which is good news – but it’s far too early to for the government to think we’re out of the woods.
‘Special factors’ help GDP grow 1% in Q3 2012 and end double dip recession
Following three quarters of contraction, UK GDP grew 1% in the third quarter of 2012, taking the country out of the double-dip recession – thanks to the Olympic boost.
A4e owner Emma Harrison in car crash interview on Channel 4 News
See also: • Fired! Government gives disgraced A4e the boot 15 May 2012 • Charity survey slams the shambolic failure of A4e 1 May 2012 • The ‘Youth Contract’ – where the government hands million-pound contracts to companies liketest
Survival rates for the rarer cancers continue to trail behind
Statistics released yesterday show an overall increase cancer survival rates over recent years – yet for the rarer cancers, survival rates remain low.
Salmond’s new separation strategy: Abandon the positive and pray for a Tory revival
Alex Salmond’s new separation strategy is to abandon the positive and pray for a Tory revival, writes shadow Scotland Office minister Willie Bain.
The inequality at the heart of the housing crisis
A new study by the LSE highlights systemic inequality in the housing crisis.
US Election Digest: Candidates race to finish line, new Libya revelations and more
Larry Smith’s latest round-up of the US Presidential election campaign.
For Obama, the world is not enough as race remains neck-and-neck
A BBC World Service poll shows 20 out of 21 countries surveyed would prefer Obama in the White House over Romney after the election on 6th November.
The Belarus non-file: Why the media silence on Europe’s last dictator?
Why do we hear so little about Europe’s last dictator, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko?