One in the eye for Nelson
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson has been caught out being cute with the stats in a piece immigration and employment for a right-wing mouthpiece. Again.
Shamik Das
Call to end legal loan sharking – and interest rates of over 2500%
A coalition of citizens groups, MPs and campaigners have called on the government to end legal loan sharking.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Nick Clegg embarrased himself again this week, revealing he had changed his mind on the deficit before the election, and not telling anyone. This is the new politics?!
Labour no longer loves Mandy
In today’s YouGov Labour leadership survey, Lord Mandelson is the only Labour figure to have a negative net asset rating – a result, no doubt, of his memoirs being released.
David leads Ed by 8 points in first scientific poll of electoral college
David Miliband leads Ed Miliband by eight points in the run-off – 54 per cent to 46 per cent – in the fullest survey yet undertaken of the Labour leadership contest.
Now Clegg claims he changed mind on deficit before the election
Nick Clegg now claims that he sold out on deficit reduction before May 6th – despite going into the election committed to a deficit reduction plan closer to Labour than the Conservatives.
June 2: ‘Over 1,000’ schools apply for academy status; July 23: Down to 158
Michael Gove’s boast that “over 1,000 schools” had applied for academy freedoms have been exposed as wildly off target with the revelation that just over 150 had in fact done so.
More confusion over when Clegg flip-flopped over the deficit
The question of when exactly the Liberal Democrats u-turned over the speed of tackling the deficit reared its head again today when Bank of England Governor Mervyn King appeared before the Treasury Select Committee in Parliament.
Politics Summary: Tuesday, July 27th
BP plumbed new depths yesterday, going into the red for the first time in 18 years, to the tune of £11 billion – as it was announced chief exec Tony Hayward would be sent to Siberia.
Labour MP switches from Ed to David after balloting members
Labour backbencher John Mann has switched his support from Ed Miliband – whom he nominated – to David Miliband following a ballot of 15,000 party members and known Labour voters in his Bassetlaw constituency.