Left Foot Forward
Osborne, big money donors and his fight to block hedge fund regulation
None of these donations are illegal, but questions will be raised over why people with such vested interests are handing over huge sums of money, and in the having seen Conservative MEPs vote against a clamp down on tax dodgers and Mr Osborne's fight to block European regulation of hedge funds, one must ask: cui bono?
Home Office research highlights difficulty of Government’s immigration target
Damian Green is to give his first speech as immigration minister later today, in which he will claim that the number of foreign students entering the UK is ‘unsustainable’, drawing on new Home Office research. The same research has also suggested that it will be very difficult for the Government to meet its target of reducing net immigration to under 100,000 a year.
What’s the difference, Mili-brothers?
As voting commences, Labour leadership front runners David and Ed Miliband have answered a series of policy questions for Left Foot Forward - read their answers in full here.
Ed leads David in poll of gay Labour Party members 42%:31%
Ed Miliband leads his brother in a poll of LGBT members of the Labour Party for the Pink News website; of the 680 sample, Ed polls 42 per cent, David 31 per cent, Diane Abbott 16 per cent, Andy Burnham 7 per cent and Ed Balls 4 per cent.
UKIP leadership race hots up
UKIP’s autumn conference kicked off today in Torquay. High on the agenda is the choice of a new leader, following Lord Pearson’s candid announcement two weeks ago that he was “not much good” for the job.
Evisu Defence League
The online magazine Don’t Panic has just launched a short documentary on the EDL. Contrary to previous evidence, they reveal that the EDL are not a racist organisation. Chants like ‘Allah! Allah! Who the f**k is Allah?’ belie the fact their actual cause is sartorial freedom, specifically the right to wear Evisu jeans without being judged.