Left Foot Forward
Ministers say judge elected police commissioners on Boris: Well, Boris has failed
Ministers claim that Boris Johnson's mayoralty has been an effective trial for elected police commissioners. If so they have been shown to fail in the light of further hackergate revelations and the plans should be ditched.
Spelman’s hat-trick of Defra disasters
With the forests sell-off, the handling of wild animals in circuses and now an ill thought-out badger cull Caroline Spelman has shot herself in the foot three times.
It may soon be time ‘to draw the line’ on Glasman
Blue Labour told us many valuable things - but Maurice Glasman is now straying onto dangerous territory, writes Left Foot Forward's Daniel Elton.
Look Left – “Sorry” Murdoch brought down to Earth
Rupert Murdoch finally said “sorry” for the phone hacking scandal tonight, after another day of high drama, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
Labour must be a party of pragmatic radicals to win again
John Slinger, editor of the new ‘Pragmatic Radicalism’ pamphlet, sets out why unity coupled with intellectual creativity must be watchwords of Labour’s renewal.
Cameron raises prospect of early vote on Scottish independence
David Cameron has raised the prospect of the UK government initiating a referendum on independence - before the Scottish government’s planned 2015 date.