A database of the BNP’s rank and file UK membership are expected to be posted on the wikileaks website today. The Guardian say it shows the BNP had 11,560 members as of April this year. Political Scrapbook confirms that thetest
Boris Johnson has been racking up expenses on taxisIn the week that Boris Johnson announced a second successive year of inflation-busting fare rises, his own extravagant taxi expenses have been exposed by the News of the World.
The Green party and others have criticised the Conservative party leader for acting green but in reality being anything but.
Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary, has written to the BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, warning it will run a “serious risk” of a legal challenge if it allows Nick Griffin to participate. The media regulator, Ofcom, confirmed that the BBCtest
Boris Johnson’s transport pricing changes have come under renewed attack today as the distributional impact of the fare rises became clear and Transport for London’s revenue numbers received closer scrutiny.
More hate-filled vitriol from the Daily Mail.
Claims made by the Conservative party at their conference last week about the rate of unemployment have been undermined by new research from the Trades Union Congress.
David Cameron’s economic policy today faces a new attack from a respected central banker. Paul Fisher, head of markets at the Bank of England, appears today to contradict remarks made by David Cameron in his leader’s speech at Conservative party conference a week ago.
Starting on Monday, Left Foot Forward will be publishing manifesto ideas. Anyone can submit ideas. They can be a single policy, a pledge card of five, or anything in between. Email your suggestions to [email protected] and [email protected] and then jointest
As MPs continue to defy the findings of Sir Thomas Legg’s enquiry, Left Foot Forward is urging readers to show their displeasure with Britain’s parliamentarians by voting for Heather Brooke as Reformer of the Year.
