Look Left – The Libor scandal, euro joy for Spain & Italy, and the Queen meets McGuinness
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Shamik Das
Miliband redirects Barclays rage to Cameron over PM’s inaction
Ed Miliband sought to refocus public anger over the Barclays Libor scandal toward David Cameron and George Osborne over their inaction and hypocrisy.
Miliband: Time for prosecutions, proper regulation and an end to the “casino culture”
Ed Miliband today called for criminal prosecutions in the wake of the Barclays Libor scandal, saying people were “outraged and disgusted” by the rigging.
“Healing the wounds of the past is a slow process, but Her Majesty has played an important part in it”
History was made today in Northern Ireland as the Queen shook hands with Martin McGuinness, reports Shamik Das.
Watch: Osborne’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy Chloe Smith gets Paxo’d
Watch: Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again over the fuel duty u-turn.
Cameron’s “back of a fag packet” welfare speech brings back Labour policies he’d scrapped
David Cameron’s keynote welfare speech yesterday included the re-announcement of a Labour policy which he scrapped when the Tories came into government.
Darling launches campaign for the Union: ‘Better Together, united not divided’
Alistair Darling has launched the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence – warning there will be “no way back” if Scotland votes for separation.
Look Left – After Austerity, Netroots 2012 and Cameron’s tax dodger hypocrisy
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
So, Mr Cameron, are Tory boys Philip Green and Gary Barlow “morally wrong” as well?
David Cameron is facing charges of hypocrisy over his failure to condemn celeb Tory Gary Barlow’s tax avoidance, having last night attacked non-Tory Jimmy Carr.
Right-wing think tanks much less transparent than left-wing organisations
The new “Who Funds You?” website, launched today, reveals left-leaning think tanks are more open transparent thank their right-wing counterparts.