Three Conservative lessons for progressives
Ahead of discussions about progressive renewal at tomorrow’s Fabian conference, Daniel Elton on the lessons for the Left from Conservatives after their defeat.
Daniel Elton
The damage done by Illsley and Chaytor cannot be measured in pounds and pence
So far, former Labour MPs David Chaytor (Bury North) and Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central) have been found to have defrauded the taxpayer of £22,000 and £14,000.
Lansley’s “weasel words” hide coalition’s true intentions for NHS
The Coalition is trying to hide its big idea for health – the privitisation of commissioning and further use of private sector providers in the NHS. Why not be honest?
Come and work for Left Foot Forward
Left Foot Forward is advertising for a paid internship, at the London Living Wage of £7.85 per hour; please email [email protected] by January 21st.
Daily Mail: Never mind the data, here comes the Muslim convert fear
For the Daily Mail, it turns out, when you cannot scare people with the facts, well, you can just scare them anyway, with a story about “Islamification”.
Campaigners fear child detention coalition back track
Campaigners have raised serious concerns over the Coalition’s shifting policy on child detention and whether the practice will continue in all but name.
Support Left Foot Forward’s Living Wage Appeal
LFF has launched an intern London Living Wage appeal, to ensure it can continue to fight the good fight while protecting interns’ working conditions.
Time for coalition to deliver on child detention pledge
The goverenment has postponed its pledge to end the detention of the children of asylum seekers until May; it is up to progressives to ensure that they deliver.
Statistics don’t show public’s attitudes have shifted to the right
The Left must find an answer to this difficult question: why should those who work hard, especially those on low incomes, support those who do not.
Immigration-fixated Daily Mail blind to looming demographic crisis
The Daily Mail is more worried about the numbers of foreign-born UK residents than the demographic timebomb facing citizens, taxpayers and young people.