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If the London model for Police Commissioners is the answer, what is the question?
Jenny Jones AM, leader of the Green Party on the London Assembly, looks at the problems of the Police and Crime Commisioner model for London.
Spin, hypocrisy and the SNP’s desperate last throw of the EU dice
SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon has embarked on what can only be described as an exercise in full frontal-spin at best and rank hypocrisy at worst.
Clegg wrong to claim Labour would have cut capital investment at same rate as government
OBR figures show Nick Clegg was wrong to claim Labour would have cut capital investment at the same rate as the government.
This week’s most read
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Osborne: Blames the snow and eurozone when growth is down, takes the credit when it’s up
Chancellor George Osborne is the ultimate political swindler, taking credit for when the GDP figures are good, not taking the blame when they’re bad.
Labour and Lib Dems could benefit from Boris’s airports fetish
John Stewart, chair of AirportWatch, writes about the potential electoral consequences of Boris Johnson’s lust for more airports and runways in the South East.
This depression is the longest in modern history, so why is the economy still creating jobs?
With today’s GDP figures confirming this is the longest depression in modern UK history, IPPR’s Spencer Thompson asks why the economy is still creating jobs.
More EU woe for slippery Salmond as Barroso shuns Sturgeon
Alex Salmond and the SNP suffered another EU slapdown this week as EC President Jose Manuel Barroso shunned Nicola Sturgeon.
Comment: We’ve made great strides, but there’s more to do in the quest for gender equality
Jennette Arnold AM, the Labour Group equalities spokesperson on the London Assembly, writes about the battle that still needs to be fought for gender equality.
US Politics Digest: Obama inauguration glee; debt ceiling showdown deferred; and more
The latest US politics news – including reaction to President Barack Obama’s inauguration address, the deferring of the debt ceiling showdown, and more.