Left Foot Forward
Margaret Thatcher’s mixed fortunes in Wales
In 2008, the Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkns declared that plans for a portrait of Margaret Thatcher to hang in the Welsh Assembly was an “insult to the people of Wales". At the same time, the then Conservative AM and now MP for the Vale of Galmorgan Alun Cairns praised the ex PM for having “transformed the Welsh economy.”
Scotland reacts to the death of Margaret Thatcher
With just one MP still in Scotland, the effect of Margaret Thatcher’s reign continues to blight the Conservative party north of the border.
This week’s most read: The Daily Mail, Paolo Di Canio and the minimum wage
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Just how out of touch is George Osborne?
While I don't believe the criticism Osborne has received is in any way a distraction from the wider issues (if anything it's an indictment of his inability to empathise with disabled shoppers), I thought it worth a quick look at just how out of touch this government is policy wise.
LFF’s James Bloodworth discusses welfare and the Philpott family on BBC News
Left Foot Forward's James Bloodworth discusses the welfare and the Philpott family on BBC News alongside Harriet Sergeant.
Look Left – Paolo Di Canio, Michael Philpott and making work pay…by cutting the minimum wage
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.