August 2010
Is Huhne about to approve new dirty coal stations?
As The Guardian reveals on its front page today, the coalition may be about to U-turn on David Cameron’s flagship […]
Green’s appointment as ‘cuts Tsar’ drives Cable closer to resignation
One could be forgiven for checking that yesterday wasn’t April 1st after waking up to the news that private equity tycoon and asset-stripper extraordinaire Philip Green has been appointed by David Cameron to head a Whitehall spending review.
Joss Garman’s top five most influential left wingers
Here are five people Joss Garman thinks should appear in Left Foot Forward’s list of the fifty most influential lefties in Britain.
Uncertainty over DfID commitment on aid effectiveness
Yesterday we reported on the leaked DfID documents outlining up to 100 projects that may be scrapped, as part of their crusade on 'output' based aid; now there is confusion over whether a key commitment on aid effectiveness has been scrapped or not.
Immigration and employment: The truth behind the right-wing spin
This week's immigration and employment date are important, and contain important lessons for policymakers; they just aren’t the lessons which the papers suggest - and they aren’t just for the Home Office.
Afghanistan: Get Serious or Get out
Unless there is a change in how it perceives the nature of warfare, the West will lose the war in Afghanistan, despite declaring victory, and spend the next 10 years in splendid isolation wondering what went wrong.