Watch: Theresa May fails to condemn Andrew “you’re f-ing plebs” Mitchell
Not once, not twice, but three times in Parliament today Theresa May was offered the chance and declined to condemn disgraced Tory chief whip Andrew Mitchell.
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The ‘generals for hire’ affair follows the same lobbying scandal pattern – nothing changes
It won’t be long before another lobbying scandal, writes Tamasin Cave of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency following the ‘generals for hire’ scandal.
Watch: Zephaniah on Boris: ‘He may seem like a buffoon, but he’s a very dangerous person’
Benjamin Zephaniah says Boris Johnson “may seem like a kind of buffoon”, but is a “very, very dangerous person”; BBC Question Time, 12th October, 2012.
Con 2012: Thatcher thought privilege caused Britain’s decline
Margaret Thatcher thought privilege caused Britain’s decline, writes Cormac Hollingsworth; David Cameron needs to explain why he disagrees with her.
Top of the Policies: Promoting participation, curing cynicism and antidoting apathy
Chair of Pragmatic Radicalism John Slinger looks ahead to the next Top of the Policies event on industry policy.
Con 2012: Cameron’s speech corkers: On the economy, the NHS, the EU, housing benefit…
A look at the corkers in David Cameron’s Conservative Party Conference speech today, on the economy, the NHS, the EU, housing benefit, child poverty…
Con 2012: The 15,000 axed police officers Theresa May failed to mention
Left Foot Forward looks at Theresa May’s speech to the Tory Party conference yesterday in which she failed to mention the huge cuts to police numbers.
Con 2012: Boris exaggerates his record and ignores the facts. Again
Len Duvall AM, leader of the Labour group on the London Assembly, responds to Boris Johnson’s 2012 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
Promises, promises and Met Police cuts
Jenny Jones uncovers the broken promises of Boris Johnson on the police – with massive police cuts being implemented on the Mayor of London’s watch.
Cameron signals rail fares u-turn
A report on the government’s u-turn on rail fares.