Left Foot Forward
Johann Lamont: SNP need to ‘grow up’
Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has called on SNP backbenchers at Holyrood to grow up and stop sucking up to the Scottish government.
This week’s most read: Dan Hodges, sexist advertising and QE
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Look Left: The G8 summit, East Coast Trains and rape apologism
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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‘If I had the opportunity to squeeze Nigella Lawson, her throat wouldn’t be my first choice’ – Nick Griffin’s vilest quotes
Predictably, British National Party leader and MEP Nick Griffin had a repulsive quote to hand when photos emerged that appeared to show British food writer Nigella Lawson being grasped by the throat by her husband Charles Satchi.
Obama hits the right notes in Northern Ireland
It may have been his first visit to Belfast since he entered the White House, but Barack Obama’s speech yesterday to an assembled audience at the Waterfront Hall hit all the right notes.