August 2010
Labour members and public disagree on election defeat
Labour members and public disagree on Labour's election defeat. While the recession is common to both, the public put immigration & Gordon Brown ahead of other factors.
Collins tendency wrong on radical appeal of Mili-E
Chuka Umunna MP argues that Times leader writer Phil Collins is wrong to accuse Ed Miliband of vacating the centre ground. It misunderstands the history of the last 20 years.
More detail needed from Tony Benn’s call to arms
Tony Benn's has called for a "broad movement of active resistance to the Con-Dem government’s budget intentions". But he also needs to set out how to reduce the deficit.
Tax breaks for Big Oil as coalition breaks with US & EU to back deep sea drilling
Despite the emerging global trend to ban deep sea drilling, as The Independent reports today, the UK has rejected calls for a moratorium in our waters.
Coalition needs to work out where it stands on Trident
The call by former defence chiefs Lords Bramall, Beach and Ramsbotham to delay a new Trident programme for at least another 15 years as Britain no longer requires an “all-singing, all-dancing” version as currently planned, raises fresh concerns as to both the strategic value and value to the tax payer of the £97 billion defence procurement programme.
David Cameron should listen to his own advice
The BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent, Laura Kuenssberg, yesterday tweeted remarks made by David Cameron about the need for more discussion […]