Left Foot Forward
Her Majesty’s uncooperative Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech did not deliver on energy bills, foreign aid or co-operative values.
In Community Relations Week, Northern Ireland’s painful divisions rear their head
This week in Northern Ireland is Community Relations Week - with a warning issued that the province continues to have a serious problem with sectarianism.
Derry’s summary justice shows Northern Ireland’s peace is still a work in progress
The rise in punishment beatings in Derry serve as a warning that the road to peace and prosperity in Northern Ireland is a long and uncertain one.
Cleggeron’s “born to rule assumptions” and “English exceptionalism” threaten Union
A Welsh government minister has warned the “English exceptionalism” of the coalition in Westminster poses a substantial threat to the future of the union.
Net migration target could slam door to foreign students
The government’s obsession with net migration targets is locking out foreign students, who have huge potential to grow our economy.
If psephology is destiny, Cameron will be forced further to the right
David Cameron may have to spend the next three years courting voters to his right, increasingly distant from mainstream Britain.