“I want to lie down next to them and stay here forever” – Srebrenica 17 years on
Seventeen years ago this week, more than eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred in Srebrenica.
Shamik Das
Labour seize on CBI’s “damning indictment” of Osborne’s “really disappointing” growth fail
Labour sought to pile the pressure on George Osborne today following last night’s savaging of the government’s growth record by CBI chief John Cridland.
Obscene: Romney to host $75,000 London fundraiser – hosted by a lobbyist for Barclays
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is to host a private fundraising dinner in London on the eve of the Olympics – at a cost of up to $75,000 a head.
Miliband lays in to ‘Millionaires’ PM’ at last PMQs before recess
Ed Miliband sought to paint David Cameron as the millionaire-loving, anti-pensioner PM at the last Prime Minister’s Questions before the summer recess today.
The hall of shame: The 117 Labour and Tory MPs who voted against Lords reform
Last night, 91 Conservative and 26 Labour MPs voted against the second reading of the House of Lords Reform Bill; here is the list in full.
Tory MP: Osborne has “obviously made a mistake” and “he should apologise to Balls”
A Tory MP on the Treasury select committee says George Osborne “obviously made a mistake” in accusing Ed Balls over the Libor scandal and “should apologise”.
Look Left – Libor, banks, inquiries, Osborne… and Cameron’s broken NHS pledge
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Tory MPs unnerved by Osborne’s “disproportionate obsession” with Balls
Several Conservative MPs have expressed serious concerns at George Osborne’s apparent “disproportionate obsession” with Ed Balls.
Hague tells Syrians “you’re not forgotten”, promising “no option is ruled out”
Foreign secretary William Hague today reassured the Syrian people they were “not forgotten”, vowing to rid them of President Assad – with “no option ruled out”.
Leslie: ‘Frenzied Osborne throwing around false allegations and demeaning his office’
Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie accused George Osborne of “lashing out in a frenzied way” in his Spectator interview today.