How competition in the NHS may push up healthcare costs
It is often repeated that more competition should be introduced into the NHS to keep costs down – but it may in fact increase them.
Daniel Elton
Birmingham Lib Dem leader compares Labour counterpart to Hitler
Labour overtures to the Lib Dem group on Birmingham council with its leader comparing his Labour counterpart to Hitler.
Good Tory results give Cameron a 2015 headache
What the 2011 Local election results show is that Cameron will not be able to erode the Labour lead by ‘calling voters home’ – Ed Miliband’s lead may be small but hard to shift
When democracy clutches at straws
What do you in a local council election in a given ward, when the two leading candidates get exactly the same number of votes, repeatedly after several recounts. They draw straws. See the video here.
Vote 2011: Manchester voters see red over Cameron, Clegg council smears
How voters rejected Coalition attempts to smear labour councils
Vote 2011: Scottish Labour needs to find out what it’s for
The only positive for Labour in Scotland is that the shock of the results may spur party reform. For years, the problems of Scots Labour have been known.
Mail masks Thatcher’s true legacy: Unions busted, hours extended, productivity held back
The legacy of Margaret Thatcher was fewer workplace rights, longer working hours and less productivity in the UK.
Four ‘old acquaintances’ that Livingstone should forget
Over the course of his career, candidate for London Mayor Ken Livingstone has had some unsavoury political ‘friends’ – but for the sake of good governance, it’s time to let them go.
Hell Called, Your Place is Reserved: Muslim-country blogs react to Bin Laden death
Left Foot Forward rounds up reaction from blogs from the Muslim world on the assasination of Osama Bin Laden
Verdict of the British people: “Long to reign over us”
The British people like the Monarchy. get used to it, and fight that battles that matter.