Vindicated Balls gives absent Osborne an economics lesson
Small wonder George Osborne chose to hide last night rather than be grilled on Newsnight following yesterday’s disastrous unemployment figures, writes Shamik Das.
Small wonder George Osborne chose to hide last night rather than be grilled on Newsnight following yesterday’s disastrous unemployment figures, writes Shamik Das.
Almost a half of all people in England would oppose Scotland gaining independence, according to a BBC/ComRes poll for last night’s Newsnight, reports Ed Jacobs.
Chris Huhne attacked the “lies” of the No to AV campaign Newsnight last night, and said engaging in the “politics of the gutter”, reports Shamik Das.
There is further uncertainty over how the government will achieve its stated goal of reducing net immigration to the “tens of thousands” – an aim reiterated by David Cameron in a speech on new technology in east London this afternoon. Yesterday, the prime minister said intra-company transfers would be exempted from the immigration cap – an area over which immigration minister Damian Green came unstuck on Newsnight last night.
Tory ministers’ world view seems to consist of two types of people: ‘people on benefits’ and ‘working people who have to pay the taxes to pay those benefits’.
David Cameron’s Tory party conference speech is unraveling fast – with many false facts and unfair accusations, like his unfounded attack on Ed Balls.
A OnePoll survey of 3,000 Newsnight viewers out today has revealed that Nick Clegg is the politician they would most like to see grilled by Jeremy Paxman.
All five of Labour’s leadership candidates have expressed their complete support for a living wage.
Ed Balls challenges Michael Gove on yesterday’s Newsnight to reveal how he will pay for his “free schools” & pupil premium; Gove responds with boorish insults.
William Hague assured Tony Blair that Ashcroft would pay “tens of millions a year in tax”. In June, Hague said he had “no reason to think that he’s not complied.”