Why are so many Tories obsessed with hanging?
Alex Hern argues that we must not merely confine our arguments against the death penalty to those times when it’s politically expedient, but on all occasions.
Guido Fawkes
Guido swallows Tory MP’s NHS spin
Right wing blogger Guido Fawkes appears to have swallowed hook, line and sinker Tory MP Stephen Phillips’s spin on the NHS and attacks on 38 Degrees.
Sun and Mail debt scare story obscures the truth
Will Straw looks at today’s Sun and Mail scare stories about debt – and reveals the truth.
Five good reasons why the death penalty should not be reinstated
If the death penalty was brought back, someone innocent would inevitably be killed at some point
Straw v Guido: The debt debate
Left Foot Forward’s Will Straw and Paul Staines, of the Guido Fawkes blog, debated debt on the BBC’s Daily Politics show today.
Guido risks joining Glenn Beck with his obsession with the Fabians
Eugenics simply isn’t part of legitimate political discourse, and modern Fabians don’t believe in it, writes Fabian Society General Secretary Sunder Katwala.
Irish budget cuts praised by British Tories but criticised at home
The Irish economy, so beloved of the British Right, is in dire straits compared to our own, with unemployment at 12.5pc, GDP down 7.4pc and deflation at -6.6pc.
It was Left Foot Forward wot won it!
Freedom of Information campaigner Heather Brooke has won Reform’s “Reformer of the Year” award; Left Foot Forward was one of the 1st to back her for the prize.
Ireland’s budget balancing hurts economy
Last Autumn, at the height of the financial crisis, the Labour Government launched a fiscal stimulus despite falling tax revenues. The Irish responded in the opposite manner by cutting back spending and raising taxes.