Starkey courts controversy (again) by comparing Alex Salmond to Hitler
Starkey has managed to unite Scotland’s political parties in outrage after he compared SNP leader and Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to Hitler.
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Forget Sugar, listen to Adonis – a man who knows a thing about transport
Labour peers Lord Sugar and Lord Adonis have waded into the London Mayoral election debate, with Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson facing off in just two weeks.
Calamity Grayling misuses the stats (again)
Gaffe-prone employment minister Chris Grayling added to his opus of incompetence today; Shamik Das chronicles all his balls ups down the years.
Osborne, Barclays, the Cayman Islands and tax avoidance
Making it easier for British multinationals to shift the profits they make into tax havens makes no sense whatsoever, explains ActionAid’s Chris Jordan.
How plain packaging on cigarettes will work
Martin Dockrell, policy and campaigns manager for Action on Smoking and Health, explains how plain packaging on cigarettes will work.
The grey ghosts of election ’92 could return unless voter registration is stepped up
Without a concerted voter registration effort, the grey ghosts of John Major 1992 may return to haunt 2015, and beyond.
Livingstone looks to shift focus back to policy as “disgraceful” attacks intensify
Ken Livingstone today sought to re-focus the London Mayoral race back onto policy as the campaign entered the final three weeks, reports Shamik Das.
Ashdown turns up heat on Clegg to abandon State snooping plans
Nick Clegg finds himself under increased pressure on the government’s snooping plans from his own side, with Lord Ashdown today condemning the proposals.
Coalition continues crackdown on benefits fraud, but will they clamp down on tax fraud?
Is there really anything more to David Cameron and George Osborne’s benefits clampdown than punishing the already punished?
Support grows for mayors as Londoners hail “better city” from experience
A new ComRes poll contains good news for advocates of mayors. 69% agreed that London was a ‘better city’ for having a mayor.