Politics Summary: Monday, January 25th
Shadow Cabinet splits, city bankers, Afghanistan, elected mayors and expenses.
Shamik Das
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
George Osborne, the Iraq Inquiry, Kraft’s £12bn takeover of Cadbury, Trident, NICE, public sector pay and much, much, more.
Cameron sending out mixed messages over Sure Start, crime and family
David Cameron, in his speech on “Broken Britain” today, stands accused of “easy populism” and sending out different messages over his policies.
Politics Summary: Thursday, January 21st
Tory cuts, Haiti earthquake survivors, the Government’s anti-terrorism strategy, climate change and public and private sector pay.
Long-needed reform of libel laws takes huge step forward
Following Jack Straw’s announcement that libel lawyers’ “success” fees would be cut by 90 per cent, campaigners for libel reform say it’s a big step forward.
Nick Griffin to address US white supremacist conference
BNP leader Nick Griffin will join KKK members, neo-Nazis, holocaust deniers, anti-immigration extremists & eugenicists at a white supremacist conf. next month.
Cameron: some of the charges against Kaminski are “absolutely not true”
David Cameron has again defended his European allies, claiming some of the charges against them are “absolutely not true”, saying he “wouldn’t join” extremists.
Politics Summary: Tuesday, January 19th
Haiti, binge drinking, Alistair Darling, the Iraq Inquiry and Massachusetts.
Hidden headlines from the Fabian Society conference
With the mainstream media focusing on Gordon Brown’s wooing of the middle classes, Left Foot Forward looks at the hidden headlines from the Fabian Society conf.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Round up of the week, includes Haiti, David Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Theresa May, Rod Liddle and Britain’s rising prison population.