The race for Inverclyde
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs interviews the candidates ahead of Thursday’s Inverclyde by-election, caused by the tragic death of David Cairns.
Tories
Another day, another Tory council planning to charge kids to play
Shamik Das reports on Tory-run Bexley council’s plans to charge kids to use a playground – following on from Tory Wandsworth’s plans to do the same last month.
Tories unlikely to discipline Helmer for sickening rape comments
The Conservative party have said there are “no plans” to take action against right-wing MEP Roger Helmer for shocking remarks made on his blog about rape.
Cameron, Clarke, Dorries, Willetts… The Tories keep screwing up on gender equality
Why is it that Conservatives have such a problem with gender equality and women’s issues? The last two months alone have featured a litany of misteps by Tories.
The case for Gordon Brown at the IMF
Natan Doron makes the case for Gordon Brown to lead the IMF.
Using No2AV’s cant on public spending to campaign against cuts
We thought it was time to turn the tables on the Tories by using the No2AV posters they funded to campaign against the Coalition’s cuts.
Tories fail to shine a light on City pay
This week ahas exposed yet another example of the Tories talking tough but doing nothing when it comes to reforming the financial system and taking action on bankers’ pay.
Concerns grow that NHS is “slipping backwards”
A new report from respected independent think tank The King’s Fund on the state of the NHS under the Tory-led government makes grim reading.
Barnsley by-election: Humiliation for Clegg, embarrassment for Cameron
Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats were routed in the Barnsley Central by-election last night, beaten into sixth place by Labour, the Tories, UKIP, an independent and the BNP – just 15 miles from his Sheffield constituency.
Has Cameron “detoxified” the Tories in Scotland?
The man in charge of the Tories’ Scottish election campaign claims the party’s been “detoxified” and is on course to improve on the 17 MSPs currently held.