Left Foot Forward
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”.
Politics Summary: Thursday, March 11th
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Questioning the PM and justice minister on democratic reform
I put it to the PM that his proposals had come "too late" and that such reform should not be announced in a pre-election campaign. Read his reply.
Cameron accused of “sham marriage” with Ulster Unionists
The decision by the Northern Ireland assembly to vote in favour of the devolution of policing & justice powers to Stormont has received a largely warm welcome.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, March 10th
Prison re-offending costs the economy £10bn a year, new figures reveal, plus the former head of MI5 on torture, Gordon Brown on the economy, Sarkozy and Karzai.