Left Foot Forward
The week outside Westminster
The devolution of policing & justice powers to the Northern Ireland assembly was finally completed this week, in spite of opposition from the Ulster Unionists.
New Tories? MEP Roger Helmer: Friend of Kaminski and climate denier
David Cameron's attempts to detoxify the Tories took another step backwards this week when one his leading MEPs launched a full on defence of Michal Kaminski.
UUP-Tory alliance a “mongrel relationship”
Former UUP deputy leader Lord Kilclooney describes the UUP-Tory pact a "mongrel relationship", while Conor McGinn calls it "an albatross around Cameron's neck".
Politics Summary: Friday, March 12th
Nick Clegg warned a deal with David Cameron could split the Tory party, "no new tax rises under Labour" says Liam Byrne, the expenses four in Court and more.
How progressive are Clegg’s “tests”
Nick Clegg sets out four conditional "tests" for Liberal Democrat support of a minority government. They are not as progressive as they look at first sight.
2010 will be the “television election” say social media experts
Whilst there was agreement new media would certainly bear on the outcome, the experts' consensus was that 2010 would be the year of the “television election”.