Labour tax scandal donor is Taxpayers’ Alliance champion
A businessman who donated £1.65m to the Labour Party is also a major trustee of a charity which has funded the Taxpayers’ Alliance to the tune of over million pounds since 2008.
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Northern Ireland Assembly passes special advisers bill
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday gave final approval for legislation barring those with a serious conviction from taking up any political adviser role.
Hain has dig at shadow cabinet
One of Ed Miliband’s closest supporters has called on the Labour Party to up its game with a less than coded attack on members of the shadow cabinet who are failing to pull their wait.
If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for those we despise, we don’t believe in it at all
t is no hardship to support the speech of those whom we agree with. For our democracy to thrive, we need to welcome the “fruitcakes and closet racists”, the jihadists and holocaust deniers to the debate.
Ed Miliband should listen to Len McCluskey’s real message
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, has warned Ed Miliband of the need to keep Labour firmly on the left, in order to avoid defeat at the next general election. Specifically, Miliband has been advised by McCluskey to purge the shadow cabinet of its remaining Blairites, in the form of Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander, and Liam Byrne.
David Cameron’s dodgy money
David Cameron was asked during PMQs today whether or not he would continue hosting dinners at Downing Street with a man named Ian Taylor. He was also urged to return the money Mr Taylor has donated to the Conservative Party.
Thatcher didn’t destroy the Tories. They were already a party in decline
The Conservative Party has been in steady decline since the Second World War, as the graph below depicting the Conservative share of the vote since the turn of last century shows.
“Social justice is what gets me up in the morning”. Goodbye, David Miliband
David Miliband has stepped down as MP for South Shields to work for an international aid charity, ending a twenty year career in politics.
Theresa May’s dismal record
A quick glance at Theresa May’s parliamentary record reveals a fairly dismal record from which to mount a leadership challenge.
The Lesson from Eastleigh: When the Tories move rightwards their voters flock to Ukip
The relegation of the Conservative Party to third place in the Eastleigh by-election puts further pressure on the Conservative leadership to move to the Right. Yet the lesson of Eastleigh is that when it does so its voters flock to Ukip.