Is David Davis plotting a pro-migration Blairite coup against Theresa May?
Brexit Secretary goes off script with New Labour-ish defence of immigration
Question Time
Ukip MEP spreads lies about refugees on BBC Question Time
Yet again Ukip shows its contempt for truth – and the British public
Watch: Zephaniah on Boris: ‘He may seem like a buffoon, but he’s a very dangerous person’
Benjamin Zephaniah says Boris Johnson “may seem like a kind of buffoon”, but is a “very, very dangerous person”; BBC Question Time, 12th October, 2012.
Hannan: Tough on knowledge, tough on the causes of knowledge
Alex Hern goes over Daniel Hannan’s performance on Question Time.
Lansley told to his face why his NHS reforms are wrong, wrong, wrong
On last night’s Question Time health secretary Andrew Lansley was told to his face by a GP exactly why no one trusts him on the NHS, reports Shamik Das.
Save EMA forces second Tory u-turn in a week
James Mills celebrates two Tory u-turns in a week on Education Maintenance Allowance – but the battle is not won yet.
An economics lesson for the growth deniers
Ken Livingstone, Labour candidate for London Mayor 2012, rebuts the right wing rhetoric about the deficit, and explains the importance of the March for the Alternative.
Danny Alexander squirms when pressed on tuition fees vote
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander became the latest senior Liberal Democrat cabinet minister to fail to declare his hand on Question Time last night – repeatedly refusing to say whether he would vote for or against the trebling of tuition fees his government is proposing and which he is in favour of.
Lib Dem foreign minister’s French slur
Foreign office minister Jeremy Browne was accused of racism by a heckler on Question Time last night after remarks about the French. Talking about the Anglo-French defence treaty signed by the prime minister and President Sarkozy this week, he said: “We’re not merging our Army with France. Our soldiers won’t be required to speak French or wear onions round their necks or stripey t-shirts, or ride bicycles.”
Balls in Tribune & on QT: “When the facts change, I change my mind”
The Milibrothers may be ‘increasingly confident’ about their chances of being the next leader of the Labour Party, but Ed Balls thinks his economic policy could be a winner.