Left Foot Forward
Cameron’s defence of old politics
David Cameron's Telegraph column indicates a cynical attempt to rebalance parliament in his favour. Only electoral reform can address the disproportionality.
Politics Summary: Thursday, February 4th
MPs' expenses, the Conservatives' fiddling of crime stats, the Lord Chief Justice's calls for the scrapping of fines for serious offences, N. Ireland and Obama.
Pickles: Key role for Tory bloggers in rebutting Labour
A Tory bloggers briefing yesterday highlighted the key role that Tory chairman Eric Pickles believes Tory websites will play in rebutting Labour's key messages.
Politics Summary: Wednesday, February 3rd
The Independent covers George Osborne’s eight key “benchmarks” but outlines that “under repeated questioning from journalists, he declined to put […]
The Pope is wrong: Britain’s equalities legislation strengthens “natural law”
Yesterday the religious right made its latest attack on UK equalities legislation. But Pope Benedict is wrong, the Equalities Bill strengthens "natural law."
We need a New Turn from tribal politics
Politicians want young people to engage in business-as-usual party politics. But young people are not voting and are turned off the old approach to tribal politics.