Look Left – Lies, damned lies and David Cameron
David Cameron delivered the first prime ministerial speech to a Conservative party conference in 14 years on Wednesday – a speech littered with errors.
Ed Miliband
How Ed Miliband can become the Tobin Tax’s greatest leader
A financial transaction tax, more commonly known as the ‘Robin Hood Tax’, is a key tenet to Ed Miliband’s vision – with Sarkozy & Merkel, he can realise it.
Red, Dead and Scarlet: right-wing press struggle to define Ed
The Red Ed myth refuses to die. In spite of Mr Miliband’s direct rebuttal of it during his speech yesterday, the right-wing press are not relenting in their attempts – reported by Left Foot Forward earlier this week – to portray Labour’s new leader as the puppet of the trade unions.
Davis joins Miliband with warning on growth
David Davies today warns that David Cameron and the Conservative party that he must develop a growth strategy. It follows Ed Miliband’s call yesterday for a focus on growth.
Ed’s detoxification of Blair-Brown authoritarianism welcome news
Ed Miliband’s leadership speech was a strident attempt to detoxify the Labour brand from the widely perceived authoritarianism of the Blair–Brown years.
Web and public give thumbs up to Miliband’s big speech
Reaction on the web to Ed Miliband’s speech is fairly positive with unsurprising support from tweeting delegates and approval by supporters of his brother.
Miliband poll: The Times fails to see the Sun
In spite of sharing the same proprietor as the Sun, The Times has virtually ignored the YouGov results. They are buried at the very end of an 800 word article reporting a “leaked” Populus poll for the Conservatives which finds David is seen as the more prime-ministerial brother. And it seems that the significance of the Populus poll’s findings can be called to question.
The real “squeezed middle”
In his leader’s speech tomorrow Ed Miliband is expected to announce his intention to reach out to Britain’s struggling middle classes.
High hopes ‘Green Ed’ will put climate change back up agenda
Greenpeace has “high hopes” about Ed Miliband’s ability to hold the coalition to account, while Friends of the Earth describe as Labour’s greenest ever leader.
Memo to Ed: The challenges in Scotland and Wales
Left Foot Forward looks at the challenges facing the new Labour in Scotland and Wales, where there will be assembly elections next year.