Left Foot Forward
Warnings of disastrous consequences of Royal Mail privatisation
The Government has announced that it is to press ahead with plans to privatise the Royal Mail - describing the action as "urgent". A number of recommendations have been given to the Coalition from the former deputy chairman of Ofcom, Richard Hooper. Speaking out this afternoon, Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls and former London mayor Ken Livingstone opposed the privatisation.
The week outside Westminster
Ed Jacobs looks back at the week's events in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Boris’s best bits
Today it was announced that Boris Johnson is to stand as the Conservative candidate in the 2012 election to be mayor of London, hoping for a second term in office...
Socialism is Democracy: Labour should accept AV
This week MPs have voted in support of a Bill which would mean that next May the country would get to decide on whether they want to stick with FPTP (first past the post) or switch to AV (Alternative Vote). While this may not have been the choice many of us who support a more proportional system wanted we shouldn’t underestimate its significance.
Book burning bigot’s plans “on hold”
The pastor at the centre of the Qur'an book burning controversy has said his plans are "on hold", saying "as of right now, we are not cancelling the event, but we are suspending it".
Our litmus test of the state of UK politics today
The leading blogs of left, right and centre, Left Foot Forward, ConservativeHome and Liberal Democrat Voice have teamed up to publish a special, limited edition newspaper - Litmus - looking at the key issues facing Britain today, which will be distributed at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Party conferences.