Vote 2012: An introduction to the various elections on May 3rd
In the run-up to the various May 2012 elections, Left Foot Forward has teamed up with Britain Votes to present a series of primers on the votes; here’s part 1.
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The cost of Boris’s failure to deliver on his climate change promises
The Green Party’s Darren Johnson AM explains the cost of London Mayor Boris Johnson’s failure to deliver on his climate change promises.
Where are you on the political spectrum: Red Tory, Blue Labour or Green Democrat?
The absence in Red Toryism and Blue Labour thinking around personal liberty, social mobility & environmental awareness can be filled by a Green Democrat vision.
Le Pen’s fascists claim French youngsters are ‘joining in their droves’
Marine Le Pen’s Front National have claimed that young people are joining the fascists ‘in their droves’.
Rangers FC: How a market leader went bust
Stephen Henderson looks at the whole saga of Rangers FC and asks what got them into the financial mess they’re in.
Ken v Gilligan: When a thousand pounds is also £150
Alex Hern looks at the accuracy of Andrew Gilligan’s attack on Ken Livingstone and finds the answer is somewhere in the middle.
Chris Grayling should respond to criticism of workfare, not smear the critics
Izzy Koksal debunks Chris Grayling’s defence of workfare – or rather, his attacks on the critics of workfare.
Olympian opacity: Why the secrets if LOCOG have nothing to hide?
John Biggs argues that LOCOG is unnecessarily opaque about London ticket sales
Why we should worry about the poison of Le Pen
There is a real possibility that in this year’s French presidential elections the far right Front National could increase their support, writes Sanchia Alasia.
Government’s “quantum leap” in transparency takes us in the wrong direction – Oh Boy
Alex Hern reports on the news that civil servants want to gut the FoI act.