Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
The referendum on the alternative vote will be announced next week and held next May, a story the BBC has been leading on today and last night – and a story broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday evening.
Shamik Das
Balls: This was “the Budget from hell”
Ed Balls hit out at the Coalition Government for “the most unfair and regressive Budget in a generation” today, calling it “reckless and unfair”.
UK voters call for talks with Taleban – as Taleban say no
Three-fifths of the British public believe the government should enter negotiations with the Taleban, as it emerged this morning that the Taleban themselves are unwilling to negotiate.
Politics Summary: Thursday, July 1st
Secret documents released yesterday show the “grave reservations” of Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith about the legality of war.
Miliband: Blair failed to address impacts of globalisation on communities
David Miliband, writing in tomorrow’s New Statesman, will say that the “failure” of Tony Blair to take account of people’s struggles with the impacts of globalisation on their communities led to voters “turning their backs” on the Labour Party.
David Miliband unveils 21st-century vision for education
Labour leadership candidate David Miliband set out his vision of a “genuinely comprehensive education” at a school in Bristol today, speaking of his “brazenly aspirational” goal of inspiring a love of learning in children.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, June 30th
A private Treasury assesment of the impact of the Government’s spending cuts has revealed that last week’s Budget will result in the loss of up to 1.3 million jobs over the next five years.
Ed Miliband defends role of state & attacks Coalition for “deriding” it
Labour leadership challenger Ed Miliband called for a “different model going forward” and a rebalancing in the relationship between the state and the market today, criticising the Coalition Government’s cuts agenda and their constant “diminishing, deriding and doing down” of the state.
Politics Summary: Tuesday, June 29th
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, will today warn that “critical duties” may be at risk because cuts if up to a third in the Home Office budget.
EDL leader is ex-BNP thug
The English Defence League’s claims to be a non-racist grouping suffered a further blow at the weekend with the revelation that the leader of the EDL, Tommy Robinson, is a former British National Party member jailed for a year for assaulting an off-duty police officer.