Left Foot Forward
The election week outside Westminster
As the election campaign kicks off, the very latest from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Out of hiding, Calamity Grayling is wrong on drugs & reoffending
After more gaffes, Chris Grayling has come out of hiding. But his interventions yesterday on drugs and reoffending are out of touch with society and reality.
The new BNP? UKIP stands by racist PPC
UKIP is standing by racist parliamentary candidate for Ilford South Paul Wiffen, who spoke about "Muslim nutters" and "Romanian gypsies who beat their wives".
Building a radical future
The media and political establishment seeks to demonise and marginalise young people even as it claims to be for them.
Conservative Breakthrough in Scotland? You Cannot be Serious!
William Hague, on a tour of 11 Conservative target seats in Scotland, yesterday predicted a breakthrough for the Tory party in Scotland.
The imbalance of power
In the UK the luckiest fifth of voters have more than 33 times more power than the unluckiest 20%. This is a far more uneven distribution than household income.