To put it mildly, last year was not a good one for the Coalition. The Conservative Party dropped nine points in the polls and was divided over gay marriage and the EU. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats battled UKIP for thirdtest
David Cameron has finally made his energy policy position clearer – it turns out it is somewhere near to suggestions from IPPR.
“The proportion of people saying they were satisfied with the way the NHS is run has fallen from 70 per cent in 2010 to 58 per cent last year – the biggest drop recorded since the survey began almost 30 years ago.
Ed Jacobs presents the round-up of the week in the rest of the UK, outside of the tiny Westminster bubble
Ed Jacobs reports on Cameron’s attempts to save the union, and Salmond’s attempts to scupper it
Alex Hern runs through Cameron’s U-turn on Europe
John Stewart of AirportWatch argues that the announcement of Cameron’s support for an island estuary airport owes nothing to its efficacy and everything to political gamesmanship
Alex Hern looks at the results of Third Sector’s poll of charities, and finds that they have little confidence in Cameron.
Ed Jacobs covers the continuing fallout from Cameron’s mistaken sabre-rattling over the Scottish independence referendum.
Ed Jacobs argues that Cameron’s intervention into the Scottish independence debate will do far more harm than good for those in favour of the union.
