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Jeremy Hunt’s Catherine Wheel of spin
“That is the most extraordinary speech I have heard from a secretary of state for Health in all my years in this House – this is the first speech in which a secretary of state has claimed he is not responsible for anything.”
The EU should listen to Turkish demonstrators and engage
Since the demonstrations broke out in Turkey last week, an unprecedented number of articles have been published highlighting the deeper causes of people’s grievances.
Look Left: the Labour Party’s shift on welfare, the failure to set a decarbonisation target and cuts to legal aid
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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An Ed Balls up on benefits for rich pensioners
I am used to David Cameron shooting from the hip with knee jerk, ill thought out policies to respond to public opinion but I thought that Ed Balls would be cleverer than that.
Video: Why the gay marriage victory was so important
The is being posted partly on a congratulatory note – this week the House of Lords backed gay marriage by a majority of 242. This means that same-sex couples should be able to marry by next summer.
Cutting top rate taxes makes the rich richer. And that’s it
So, cutting taxes just makes the rich richer. And that’s it. And since we know inequality harms society these tax rates, it follows, are harmful to us all – the rich included.
Paris Jackson: How the PCC is still a ‘toothless poodle’
The Editors’ Code is the benchmark set by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) for the ethical standards that the press are supposed to follow, protecting both the rights of the individual and the public’s right to know.
Two cheers for Ed Miliband’s shift on welfare. He’s missing something, though
In a speech today at Newham Dockside, Ed Miliband will tackle head on the attempts to brand Labour the party of welfare, and will say that controlling social security spending and putting decent values at the heart of the system are “not conflicting priorities”.
Next time someone claims that immigrants are destroying Britain, show them this
Spoken word poet Hollie McNish spells out what’s wrong with most of the arguments used against immigration. She cites as her inspiration a book by economist Philippe Legrain called Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them.