Left Foot Forward
Salmond’s independence campaign lurches from one problem to another
With the campaign to defeat independence not due to be launched formally until next Monday, the independence campaign could have used this time to its advantage.
Football’s gesture of respect on the anniversary of a massacre
When the Republic of Ireland take to the pitch against Italy tonight, both the match and the date will carry painful memories for many on the island of Ireland.
R.I.P Rodney King: “Can we all get along?”
Rodney King, 1965-2012, wanted to be remembered for the short speech he made, appealing for an end to the LA race riots of the early 1990s.
The Left, “Englishness” and voting conservative
Speaking up for an English identity should form part of Labour’s new conservative narrative.
Look Left – Cam and Salm at Leveson, child poverty and saving the NHS
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Fickle King could have approved a similar “textbook” stimulus package in 2007
Sir Mervyn King heralded the chancellor’s £140 billion stimulus plan but rejected a similar plan when Labour were in power in 2007.