Questions for the leaders: economic policy
Tonight sees the third debate on the economy. Questions will focus on the deficit but there are other critical areas like banking policy and support for business.
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Tory misuse of stats is infectious
The Tory manifesto says infections like MRSA now kill more than three times as many people as are killed on the roads, yet the statistics say otherwise.
“Real voters” on BNP leaflets are all candidates
The BNP is so short of support it has resorted to using candidates masquerading as regular voters to spread their bile.
Murdoch press just doing their f—ing job
Twitter is rife with speculation over whether The Sun might have bought the rights to Gillian Duffy’s story. It would be in keeping with their recent tactics.
Who governs? The commentators’ view
Britain appears to be heading for a hung parliament. David Goodhart, Jonathan Freedland, and Peter Kellner give differing perspectives in three new articles.
We need a fairer deal for part-time students
Part-time study is transformative, for adults and their communities, and can be a radical antidote to the inequalities that grow across a lifetime.
IoD: Tory hung parliament fears are “irresponsible”
To consistently mislead the British public on the likely economic consequences of a hung parliament, as the Tory Party continues to do, is simply unacceptable.
Tory attack video full of lies
The latest Conservative Party attack viral has been slammed by fact-checkers for a series of made up statistics on school discipline, quangos and job losses.
Left Foot Forward’s Varun Chandra on C4News
Left Foot Forward’s Varun Chandra was on Channel 4 News last night to discuss hung parliaments. He said the market was “comfortable” with the prospect.
Osborne ramps up fear of a hung parliament
David Cameron said last week it was “disgraceful to try and frighten people”. But the Tories are focusing on false market fears of a hung parliament.