Left Foot Forward
Daily Star’s EDL endorsement a worrying departure for mainstream media
This week’s decision by the Daily Star newspaper to effectively endorse the English Defence League is a worrying departure for Britain’s mainstream media.
More evidence of big donor culture shows urgent need for party funding reform
If we are to restore any degree of public trust in political parties and reduce the possibility of stories like the BIJ’s being repeated in the future there may be no alternative to public funding.
Boris’s relish for cuts means London is losing its capacity to grow
When it comes to standing up to David Cameron and George Osborne on behalf of the vast majority of Londoners - whose average income is just £21,800 - Boris Johnson’s record is woeful.
PMQs: Prime Minister’s (selective) Quotations
David Cameron endured one of his worst Prime Minister's Questions today, under fire over the 'Big Society' and Sure Start, and now shown to have misquoted John Healey.
Counter-extremism group’s financial woes show flaws of ‘big society’
Quilliam's case shows the shortfalls of private funding, and the danger of the pace of the Tory-led government's programme of swingeing cuts, writes George Readings.
Al-Megrahi release row: What do we know?
The release by Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell of papers related to the freeing of the Lockable bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al-Megrahi has resulted in a furios debate.