The Condition of Britain report lives up to the hype
Labour and IPPR’s Condition of Britain report is practical, well thought through, implementable and costed.
Here’s to Reagan: his kind light up our political world
Anthony Painter pays tribute to Ronald Reagan; though a right-winger, one can admire him as a leader if not admire him for his politics.
When governments act in haste, there’s more chance of policy errors occurring
There are some government policies that no matter what angle they are viewed from do not seem to make sense, writes Anthony Painter.
Axing EMA is not a tough choice – it’s a stupid one
It’s not the tough choices that need to be evaded, it’s the stupid ones – and axing Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) falls right into that category.
Labour wins when it is the future
2011 must be the year Labour realises the scale of its electoral, political, and philosophical defeat and finally articulates a different future.
IFS shoots coalition’s deadweight EMA cuts argument to pieces
Using a new fangled technique the IFS yesterday finally shot to pieces the coalition’s arguments in favour of abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.
The real nature of the EMA debate
Anthony Painter examines the truth behind the numbers in the Educational Maintenance Allowance debate.
Peter Watt is wrong: Labour needs its members
Peter Watt’s insistence that Labour should stop attempting to recruit members is wrong. The success of local models of party organisation, in Birmingham, Oxford and Gedling is proof of this.
Has the G20 done enough to avoid another “oh, my god” moment?
In an absolutely fascinating reconstruction of the events that led to the near collapse of the global financial system last September, the New Yorker’s James B Stewart describes an extraordinary exchange between the Bank of America’s Christopher Flowers and Hanktest