A cross-party bid to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from new power stations has narrowly failed in the Commons, according to the Press Association but unreported elsewhere. Labour backbenchers joined with the Tories and Liberal Democrats in calling for an Emissionstest
On the day of George Osborne’s Mais Lecture, the Conservative party’s economic policy remains discredited. Left Foot Forward has 5 questions for him to answer.
David Miliband has criticised the Conservative party for changing their values. Jonty Olliff-Cooper replies that Tory tradition goes back further than Thatcher.
In a speech at Demos, David Miliband directly confronted the Tory’s ‘progressive conservatism’ philosophy. He set out Labour’s core value to give people power.
Some lunchtime fun. After David Cameron last week declared his love for “draught Guinness in cans“, Irish music comedians The Corrigan Brothers have released a new video, “There’s No One As Irish as David Cameron” Watch it: The Corrigan Brotherstest
Eleven of the 16 proposed reforms to House of Commons processes were approved last night but election of select committee members and the removal of chairs remain contested issues. Speaking to Left Foot Forward, Tony Wright said: “Given where wetest
The Guardian‘s headline reads, “Hung Parliament looms as Tory support crumbles.” The Conservative share of the vote has fallen to 37 per cent, its lowest point for nearly two years. The paper reports that, “The opposition has also lost groundtest
Last week the PCC dismissed 25,000 complaints about a Jan Moir article. A leading academic has said the PCC and its Code is responsible for “poisonous journalism”
Speaking at a conference this morning, David Cameron claimed 150,000 people had engaged in his party’s manifesto process. The claim is out by a factor of 25.
Rod Liddle is no longer in the running for the Independent’s editorship. The decision is a significant victory for campaigners using social networking tools.
