Right-Wing Watch
Boris takes aim at Cameron with talk of “Kosovo-style social cleansing”
London's Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson today criticised the coalition government's plans for housing benefit, labelling it a "Kosovo-style social cleansing of London". Johnson's criticisms mark another dispute in the space of a week between the London Mayor and the prime minister - after David Cameron vowed to block any moves for London estuary airport.
Police: We did not advise Cable to pull out of Oxford visit
The police have contradicted Vince Cable's claim that they advised him to pull out of a visit to Oxford University today - what would have been the first ministerial visit to Oxford since the publication of the Browne Review into higher education funding. More than 12,000 students had signed up on Facebook to protest the Browne Review this afternoon.
Tory deal with the SNP “ludicrous”
A spokesman for the SNP has said: "There is no possibility whatsoever of a coalition deal with the Tories at Holyrood now or in the future... To suggest a deal is possible is simply ludicrous and reveals that the Tories still don’t understand how deeply opposed the vast majority of Scots are to what they represent."
How the CSR broke coalition pledges on crime, transport, terrorism and energy
Apart from the poorest being hit hardest as a percentage of income and the weak British economy being severely strained, it is equally appalling how many pledges made by the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives have been simply brushed under the carpet throughout the months - and the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) laid them bare.
Clegg “digging himself into a hole” over university funding
Lecturers accused Nick Clegg of "spinning his way out of trouble" over university funding today, following his u-turn over tuition fees, writes Shamik Das.
Another Lib Dem u-turn – this time they vote down votes at 16
Last night Liberal Democrat MPs voted against lowering the voting age to 16 - despite promising to give 16-year-olds the vote in their election manifesto.