Left Foot Forward
More pressure on Clegg as we reveal real cost of Green’s £285m tax avoidance
Today's papers were once again filled with stories of Lib Dem anger at Sir Philip Green's appointment as a government adviser, with The Times front page reporting demands from Lib Dem backbenchers that Nick Clegg - who is said to be privately "irritated" despite publically backing Sir Philip - instigate a review of his tax arrangements.
The vanishing baroness: Top Tory tries to cover up Russian oligarch links
Last weekend the Mail on Sunday broke the news that MI5 had vetoed Baroness Pauline Neville Jones’ appointment as Cameron’s National Security Advisor over concerns about her links to two dubious Russian oligarchs.
More woe for Clegg as Ed Miliband slams Coalition’s 100-day record
Twitter sentiment for Nick Clegg is down sharply - while David Cameron’s rating has risen slightly, in another stark illustration of the unpopularity of the ‘sell out’ deputy prime minister in the three months since the general election.
Farewell Lord Pearson, here’s our video tribute…
Left Foot Forward couldn't let this historic occasion pass without our own tribute, so here it is, a reprise of Pearson's priceless performance on the Campaign Show during the general election...
Osborne let off the hook on spending cuts
George Osborne admitted today that his cuts would be 40% greater than Labour's plans. But he was let off the hook by Evan Davies on his use of Budget numbers and "fairness" claims.
Labour’s shrinking C2 and DE vote
In his Fabian Essay, reported in this morning's Guardian, Ed Miliband has written that the loss of less-affluent voters cost Labour the general election, and said that his rejection of "New Labour nostalgia" made him the modernising candidate in the leadership election.