Stiglitz: Osborne is “crazy”
Joseph Stiglitz has been interviewed by the New Statesman. He described George Osborne as “crazy” and “out of touch with reality”.
Will Straw
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New Tory ad backfires
A new Conservative party poster appeared to be backfiring last night as media commentators attacked the ad and a new spoof site was set up to parody the campaign
Politics Summary: Wednesday, February 10th
The New York Times reports that a global tax on banks’ financial transactions, known as a “Robin Hood tax,” should be introduced to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, a group of nearly 50 organisations said intest
Miliband trails idea of “reset referendum” in next Parliament
David Miliband used a speech to the parliamentary press gallery today to trail a possible manifesto commitment for a “reset referendum” on the political system.
Anticipating the electoral reform vote
20 to 40 Labour MPs are expected to vote against Gordon Brown’s proposal of a referendum on the alternative vote. The Tories have been accused of hypocrisy.
Osborne’s policies are no April Fool
George Osborne’s corporation tax policy – lauded today by Conservative Home – would lead to cuts in crucial investment allowances. And a 20% rate would cost £4.3bn.
Progressive manifesto ideas – have your say
Since October, Left Foot Forward has been asking our readers and contributers to submit their manifesto ideas. The full list of ideas can be read here but below we summarise the list. We now want you to vote on yourtest
Tory stats questioned again as Hammond makes “unfair comparison”
The Conservative’s use of statistics have again come under scrutiny. Philip Hammond has made an “unfair comparison” of insolvency figures before and after 1997.
Liddle’s BNP friends
Rod Liddle’s facebook friends include a BNP supporter. Liddle last night joined the facebook group campaigning against his appointment as Independent editor.
Worst expenses claimants have safer seats
This post is co-written by Mark Thompson and Will Straw. It is cross-posted at the Mark Reckons blog Last May, Mark did a series of blogposts which analysed the data from the expenses scandal and suggested that there could betest