James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth is the former editor of Left Foot Forward.
Red Farage adopts Left economics
Nigel Farage, generally considered to be to the Right of the Conservative Party, is advocating expansionist Bank of England policies, and "maximum employment".
Look Left – Indecisive Cardinals, progressive Tory voters and the Falklands
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
The Bedroom Tax: let’s make it Cameron’s Poll Tax
The old Marxist cliche has it that history repeats itself "first as tragedy then as farce". It is hugely important that the Left continues to hammer home the point that the Bedroom Tax is grossly unfair - as the polls show, it isn't falling on deaf ears. It's increasingly clear that the Bedroom Tax is Cameron's Poll tax. The Left must ensure history repeats itself as farce, rather than as a tragedy for the country's disabled people.
The FT tears apart austerity economics (again)
Martin Wolf has a blistering piece in today's Financial Times (£) challenging David Cameron's stubborn adherence to austerity economics.
Fraser Nelson: wrong on cutting taxes for the rich
Fraser Nelson has a piece in the Spectator this morning in which he claims that the way to ensure the rich pay their way in taxes is to...cut their taxes. There is an elephant in the room, however.
Economic output down in three months to March
Economic output declined by 0.1 per cent in December, January and February, suggesting an economy that continued to flat-line in the first two months of this year, according to the latest data from NIESR.