Questions for the leaders: foreign policy
Left Foot Forward sets out the key questions we want answered tonight. The topics are Afghanistan, Trident, the EU & Development.
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The Straight Talk Express
Episode 2 of the Straight Talk Express features Mehdi Hasan and Will Straw. This time chickens & eggs, making sense of unemployment, and shadow chancellor Lord Snooty.
Where they stand – the Scottish and Welsh nationalists
With the possibility of a hung Parliament looking increasingly likely, the SNP and Plaid Cymru have formed a strategic alliance to maximise their influence.
The Straight Talk Express
Left Foot Forward has teamed together with Mehdi Hasan and Sadie Smith to bring you short, sharp answers to the big questions every day from now until May 6th.
UKIP: Obsessed by immigration, under investigation & clueless
Appearing on last night’s Campaign Show on News 24, Lord Pearson said that he hadn’t “come here to deal with the minutiae” – ie. to talk about his manifesto.
Parties must come clean on fees to win student vote
Just a third of 16-25 year olds voted at the 2005 general election; as we approach polling day the main parties are attempting to engage young people.
Still not top of the class – Lib Dem finance policies fall short
The broad objectives of the Lib Dem finance proposals are to make banks smaller, encourage them to lend and help local businesses access capital.
David Clegg-eron, change you can’t believe in
David Cameron, in his party election broadcast last night, recycled seven Nick Cleggisms.
Election Focus – SDLP
When Margaret Ritchie won the leadership of the SDLP in February, she said: “I have an organisational plan and an agenda for change that will make us stronger.”
Not the Internet election after all
After all the pre-campaign excitement, this is turning out not to be the digital or Internet election. But blogging is still doing well amid all the debate hype.