Grayling’s use of crime stats attacked by fact checkers
Chris Grayling said again today that violent crime has gone up under Labour. Two independent factcheck websites have undermined his claims.
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Politics Summary: Tuesday, April 27th
Conservative support among gay voters has dropped to 9 per cent, according to a Pink News poll reported in the Guardian. The poll of 911 LGBT people shows the Liberal Democrats on 58 per cent, Labour on 21 per cent,test
Osborne ramps up fear of a hung parliament
David Cameron said last week it was “disgraceful to try and frighten people”. But the Tories are focusing on false market fears of a hung parliament.
Greg Clark’s carcrash TV on Tory climate scepticism
Greg Clark failed to answer questions about his party’s climate scepticism on BBC’s Election Debate from. Ed Miliband, Simon Hughes and Justin Rowlatt.
Michael Gove fails the schools’ funding test
The Conservative party’s education plans are under scrutiny today. We are no wiser on how they would pay for their “free schools” or “pupil premium” policy.
Lib-Con coalition? Only if Clegg does a Ramsay Mac
Coalition speculation dominates today’s agenda. Could Nick Clegg become his party’s Ramsay MacDonald or is a Lab-Lib coalition still most likely?
Gove won’t rule out nursery ‘top up’ fees
Michael Gove refused today to rule out the introduction of “top-up fees” in nursery education. Campaigners oppose the move according to a report in the Observer.
Cameron, Gideon, and the Common People
A reworking of ‘Common People’ with a strong anti-Tory message has been viewed by 70,000 people in three days. Do the right thing on May 6th, urge the makers.
Julian Lewis demands “respect for the truth”
Left Foot Forward has received a letter of complaint from the anti-gay Tory Julian Lewis about our reporting of his remarks about the homosexual age of consent.
Is Britain heading for a progressive majority?
The centre-left pressure group, Compass, last night emailed their members. A ballot has opened on whether the party should overtly support tactical voting.