More people identify as Labour as public remain sceptical of Tory economic policy
When asked what they think of themselves as, more people identified as Labour than Tory by 37% to 31%, with the Lib Dems on 18%, of those who gave a preference.
Shamik Das
Sacked drugs adviser says Government will eventually “have to accept” his advice
Prof David Nutt, the drugs adviser sacked by the Government last year, has said that they will eventually “have to accept” that his scientific view is “correct”
Politics Summary: Tuesday, February 2nd
Electoral reform, Tory cuts, tax dodgers, the Pope and Northern Ireland.
Tory conflict of interest over BT break-up
Questions have been raised over a possible conflict of interest arising from George Osborne’s announcement yesterday that he intends to break up BT as part of his plans for a broadband revolution because it “holds back” companies like Virgin andtest
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Tony Blair’s appearance at the Iraq Inquiry, the London Conf. on Afghanistan, the Northern Ireland talks, child & pensioner poverty, hereditary peers & more.
Politics Summary: Thursday, January 28th
President Obama’s State of the Union address, the Lancaster House talks on Afghanistan, Lord Goldsmith’s appearance before the Iraq Inquiry and much, much more.
If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250k Telegraph column?
Questions will also be asked as to how, if he’s too busy to chair the MPA, he is able to write a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph – at a salary of £250,000
“Shallow” Cameron an “utter joke” on Lords reform
David Cameron is “shallow” and “an utter joke”, say campaigners after the Tories last night said there was “no justification” for abolishing hereditary peers.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, January 27th
The Northern Ireland talks, the inequality gap, the crawl out of recession, the Iraq Inquiry and the Lancaster House conference on Afghanistan.
Grayling’s household defence plans slammed as “state-sponsored revenge”
Shadow Home Sec. Chris Grayling’s plans for a “grossly disproportionate” test for household defence have been branded “state-sponsored revenge” by a top lawyer.