Reaction to Gordon Brown’s announcement to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan by 500 to 9,500 has been mixed. Left Foot Forward outlined last night how a lack of clarity on both sides of the Atlantic has clouded thetest
The Prime Minister’s decision to dispatch 500 more troops to Afghanistan is a tacit admission that the number of troops currently deployed is insufficient for a mission of counter insurgency through civilian population protection, and excessive for a mission that targets al Qaida instead of the Taleban.
The Evening Standard was forced to change its headline this evening after complaints from David Willetts. But student activists stood by to outline the implications of an increase in tuition fees, apparently favoured by the Conservative Party.
Last week, David Cameron finally woke up to the crisis that has hit UK Steel since January this year. But Michael Leahy, General Secretary of Community, the steel union, asks what the support will mean.
MPs’ backlash over Sir Thomas Legg’s expenses enquiry dominates the front pages with the first sitting MP, Bill Etherington, outlining that he may not pay back what is demanded. Gordon Brown and David Cameron have both said that MPs musttest
With the prospect of MPs refusing to pay back the money requested by Sir Thomas Legg’s enquiry, Left Foot Forward is reminded of the pioneering work of Mark Thompson in drawing a clear correlation between MPs expenses and safe seats.test
The blogosphere’s growing influence and power became clear this morning with several blogs publishing in full a parliamentary question from Paul Farrelly MP which The Guardian has allegedly been gagged by Carter-Ruck from publishing. The Guardian say, “The only facttest
The Express today report that, “Newsagents urged to boycott Labour” if the Health Bill, which would ban the display of tobacco and the sale of tobacco from vending machines, becomes law. But it’s unclear what a “boycott” would mean or where the idea has come from.
The papers are dominated by the return of the expenses crisis. Gordon Brown was forced to pay back more than £12,000 with Nick Clegg and David Cameron returning smaller amounts. Jacqui Smith apologised to the House of Commons but insisted,test
Bloggers of left, right and centre were united today in disgust over reports in today’s papers that some MPs will refuse to pay back expenses that they claimed erroneously.
