March 2011
Will Lansley listen to Patient Opinion?
Andrew Lansley said: “Patients must have more say and more choice.” Patient Opinion succeeds in giving them more say; the only question is: will the government listen?
How the Mayor could tackle high pay
Darren Johnson, Green Party member of the London Assembly, calls on London Mayor Boris Johnson to explore the idea of using public sector spending power to exert some influence on private sector pay.
Defence procurement – a corporatist con trick?
Douglas Carswell introduces his regular monthly column for Left Foot Forward on defence procurement, tackling both the symptoms of a dysfunctional system and its causes.
Women’s History Month Profiles: Margaret Bondfield
Margaret Bondfield (1873-53) was the first female member of cabinet, and among the first women MPs not come either from an aristocratic background or 'take over' her seat from her husband, being elected with the first generation of women Labour MPs.
Women’s History Month Profiles: Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft's writing seriously shows that the personal is political, for she took the fact her family viewed her education as less important than her brother’s and made it her political raison d’être.
Look Left – Winning here?! Lib Dems humiliated in Barnsley
Nick Clegg was humiliated by the good people of Barnsley today, pushed down into sixth place in the by-election, the Lib Dem candidate losing his deposit - and all just 15 miles from Sheffield.