• RWE and E.ON's decision to not proceed with the Horizon Nuclear Project is disappointing - Flint

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Caroline Flint MP, Labour’ Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to RWE and E.ON's decision to not proceed with the Horizon Nuclear Project, said:

  • Most fitting tribute to Constable Stephen Carroll is work of PSNI - Coaker

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Vernon Coaker MP, Labour’ Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, speaking after today's verdict in the Constable Stephen Carroll murder trial, said:

  • Ed Miliband pledges return to Bradford West to learn lessons

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, speaking after the Bradford West result said he would return to the constituency in the next few weeks to learn the lessons of the by-election defeat.

  • Ministers must now focus on resolving fuel dispute - Maria Eagle

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Maria Eagle MP, Labour’ Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to the news that there will be no strike over Easter by fuel tanker drivers and talks will begin next week, said:

  • Exchange of letters between Ed Miliband and Liam Byrne

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Liam Byrne MP, Labour’ Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, in a letter to Ed Miliband on seeking the nomination for mayor of Birmingham, said:

  • A double-dip recession can and should be avoided - Ed Balls

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Ed Balls MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, in response to the OECD's economic forecasts today, said:

  • Ed Miliband: List of meetings and dinners with donors and trade union general secretaries

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Ed Miliband MP today published details of all meetings and dinners with donors since he became party leader.

  • Lending to business has fallen by £14 billion over the last year - Umunna

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’ Shadow Business Secretary, commenting on today’ Bank of England Trends in Lending additional data sets and Credit Conditions Survey, said:

  • International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell MP's behaviour is hugely embarassing for the Tories - Rotheram

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Steve Rotheram, Labour MP for Liverpool Walton, responding to the revelations in today's newspapers concerning the International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell MP, said:

  • London Youth Games set the standards others have followed - Efford

    Updated: 2012-03-31 20:56:14
    Clive Efford MP, Labour’ Shadow Minister for Sport, commenting on the Launch of this year’ London Youth Games, said:

  • Tories' lead on economy down from +25% to +4%

    Updated: 2012-03-31 19:47:29

  • Two thirds of Icelanders oppose EU membership. Can you blame them?

    Updated: 2012-03-31 11:32:20
    Leftie bloggers keep returning, as a dog returneth to its vomit, to my admiration for Iceland. The fact that I praised Iceland's economic model is a source of constant delight to them. Yet they are starting to look badly behind the times. Iceland is growing faster than the eurozone and, because its government didn't make [...]

  • If Ministers wish to confront the unions, tanker drivers are not the right way to do it

    Updated: 2012-03-31 07:56:44

  • Miliband publishes donor list Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 23:34:12
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Miliband publishes donor list by Sebastian Mann 30 Mar 2012 16:18 The Labour leader discloses the details of 44 meetings and dinners with party donors Getty Images Related Articles George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 30 Mar 2012 The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools by Caroline Crampton 29 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 28 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 Ed Miliband

  • Miliband publishes donor list Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 23:34:11
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Miliband publishes donor list by Sebastian Mann 30 Mar 2012 16:18 The Labour leader discloses the details of 44 meetings and dinners with party donors Getty Images Related Articles George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 30 Mar 2012 The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools by Caroline Crampton 29 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 28 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 Ed Miliband

  • A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:58:34
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour by Martin Shapland 30 Mar 2012 10:07 The Conservatives have made mistake after mistake this week but Labour's opposition has been vacuous at best , says Martin Shapland Related Articles George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 30 Mar 2012 Ed should be posing with old crusties' not fresh pasties by Francesca Preece 29 Mar 2012 The PM loves both Cornish pasties and the Olympic rings by Ben Duckworth 28 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock

  • A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:58:33
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour by Martin Shapland 30 Mar 2012 10:07 The Conservatives have made mistake after mistake this week but Labour's opposition has been vacuous at best , says Martin Shapland Related Articles George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 30 Mar 2012 Ed should be posing with old crusties' not fresh pasties by Francesca Preece 29 Mar 2012 The PM loves both Cornish pasties and the Olympic rings by Ben Duckworth 28 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock

  • George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:58:33
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 08:18 The former MP wins a remarkable victory to secure a 10,000-strong majority in the seat for Respect Getty Images Related Articles A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour by Martin Shapland 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 30 Mar 2012 The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools by Caroline Crampton 29 Mar 2012 The Lib Dems' policy shortage by Mark Pack 29 Mar 2012 Ed should be posing with old crusties' not fresh pasties by

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:58:33
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The agenda 30 Mar 2012 07:57 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour by Martin Shapland 30 Mar 2012 George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 29 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 27 Mar 2012 What's happening George Galloway has won the Bradford West by-election for the Respect Party with a 36.59 swing from Labour Today The Welsh Assembly rises

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:58:32
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The agenda 30 Mar 2012 07:57 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles A dire week for the Conservatives and a disaster for Labour by Martin Shapland 30 Mar 2012 George Galloway wins the Bradford West by-election by Caroline Crampton 30 Mar 2012 The agenda 29 Mar 2012 Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 28 Mar 2012 The agenda 27 Mar 2012 What's happening George Galloway has won the Bradford West by-election for the Respect Party with a 36.59 swing from Labour Today The Welsh Assembly rises

  • George Galloway and the rise of sectarian politics

    Updated: 2012-03-30 10:34:19
    Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability. It is hard not to feel a batsqueak of admiration for George Galloway. Most British people like to see mavericks beating the system, and Gorgeous George has smarmed his way through personal, political and financial crises that would have brought down almost any other public figure. [...]

  • Spruce – an ice age survivor ?

    Updated: 2012-03-30 09:37:07
    There have been many ice ages in the history of the Earth; but the last, which covered vast tracks of the Northern Hemisphere, came to an end some nine to ten thousand years ago – when the temperature (and sea level) rose.  It has always been assumed that no trees survived in the regions covered [...]

  • Cameron needs Growth, Grit and Grip

    Updated: 2012-03-30 07:13:55

  • The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:57:34
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools by Caroline Crampton 29 Mar 2012 15:24 Kent County Council has approved the first expansion of a grammar school for fifty years expect the debate over selective education to flare up once more Getty Images Related Articles The Lib Dems' policy shortage by Mark Pack 29 Mar 2012 The agenda 29 Mar 2012 With an unregulated lobby industry , the UK stands alone by Sebastian Mann 27 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 Five mistakes Cameron

  • The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-29 19:57:34
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The coalition's stealthy expansion of grammar schools by Caroline Crampton 29 Mar 2012 15:24 Kent County Council has approved the first expansion of a grammar school for fifty years expect the debate over selective education to flare up once more Getty Images Related Articles The Lib Dems' policy shortage by Mark Pack 29 Mar 2012 The agenda 29 Mar 2012 With an unregulated lobby industry , the UK stands alone by Sebastian Mann 27 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 Five mistakes Cameron

  • Only 23% of Tory members expect an outright Tory majority after next election

    Updated: 2012-03-29 16:13:01

  • David Davis warns remoteness from working class Britain could be as toxic for Cameron as sleaze was for Major

    Updated: 2012-03-29 14:48:00

  • The Lib Dems' policy shortage Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-29 11:56:56
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The Lib Dems' policy shortage by Mark Pack 29 Mar 2012 10:48 With half a government to go , there's a huge opportunity for the Lib Dems to implement some eye-catching short-term policies . The problem is that they don't have any at the moment , says Mark Pack Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 29 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 National insurance : the other income tax by Emma Follows 23 Mar 2012 Redressing the balance between the generations by Chris Nicholson 22 Mar 2012

  • The Lib Dems' policy shortage Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-29 11:56:56
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS The Lib Dems' policy shortage by Mark Pack 29 Mar 2012 10:48 With half a government to go , there's a huge opportunity for the Lib Dems to implement some eye-catching short-term policies . The problem is that they don't have any at the moment , says Mark Pack Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 29 Mar 2012 Politicians still hold an allure for business by Ben Duckworth 27 Mar 2012 National insurance : the other income tax by Emma Follows 23 Mar 2012 Redressing the balance between the generations by Chris Nicholson 22 Mar 2012

  • It's a crisis? Send for Fallon!

    Updated: 2012-03-29 05:36:18

  • Today, MEPs want to exclude fascist parties. Tomorrow…

    Updated: 2012-03-28 15:16:47
    Before we start banning private donations to political parties, consider a cautionary tale. The European Parliament is currently tying itself in knots trying to take money away from fascists. Unable to do so within the rules, Leftist MEPs now want to overturn the rules by majority vote. Since 2003, the EU has subsidised pan-European parties and alliances. Let [...]

  • Neil Kinnock turns 70 Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-28 12:07:05
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 11:39 In honour of the former Labour leader's birthday , here's a few facts you may not know about him Getty Images Related Articles A Nigel Lawson Budget for 2012 by Iain Dale 21 Mar 2012 PMQs : OMG TOWIE in the Commons by Amber Elliott 21 Mar 2012 A dull Budget could make for an exciting chance for Labour by Caroline Crampton 21 Mar 2012 Dugher : We've got to demonstrate that Labour is changing' by Amber Elliott 16 Mar 2012 The UK economy needs Obama-style stimulus by Kayte

  • Neil Kinnock turns 70 Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-28 12:07:05
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Neil Kinnock turns 70 by Caroline Crampton 28 Mar 2012 11:39 In honour of the former Labour leader's birthday , here's a few facts you may not know about him Getty Images Related Articles A Nigel Lawson Budget for 2012 by Iain Dale 21 Mar 2012 PMQs : OMG TOWIE in the Commons by Amber Elliott 21 Mar 2012 A dull Budget could make for an exciting chance for Labour by Caroline Crampton 21 Mar 2012 Dugher : We've got to demonstrate that Labour is changing' by Amber Elliott 16 Mar 2012 The UK economy needs Obama-style stimulus by Kayte

  • George Osborne's dynamic plan

    Updated: 2012-03-28 10:03:02

  • Which of the following factors are the biggest threat to Tory chances at the next election?

    Updated: 2012-03-28 07:33:02

  • Irish Euro-referendum set for 31 May

    Updated: 2012-03-27 22:17:31
    Opinion polls indicate a big win for the Pro-Treaty Forces and they may, for all I know, be right. Still, contemplate the image above. Two-and-a-half years ago, in the run-up to the second Lisbon referendum, every mainstream Irish politician was promising that a 'Yes' vote would lead to recovery (alright – every politician except this [...]

  • The campaign against Scottish independence Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-03-27 09:19:30
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Campaigns Campaigns Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Campaign hints from No to Scot independence by David Torrance 27 Mar 2012 The campaign to halt the SNP starts now . David Torrance examines how the No' camp are preparing to defeat the nationalists in the Scottish independence referendum Getty Images Related Articles While UKIP , I march by Gawain Towler 02 Feb 2012 Into the blue by Paul Richards 30 Jan 2012 Drinks with . Dylan Sharpe by Shane Greer 11 Jan 2012 A winning formula by David Torrance 30 Dec 2011 Friends , romans , commoners by Simon Lancaster 05 Dec 2011 Labour's

  • When bad polls are good news for governments

    Updated: 2012-03-27 06:32:58

  • Labour take 10% lead in ComRes poll for the first time since the election

    Updated: 2012-03-26 21:00:05

  • Our freedoms are rooted in the common law

    Updated: 2012-03-26 15:57:00
    'To the liberalism they profess, I prefer the liberties we enjoy; to the Rights of Man, the rights of Englishmen.' Benjamin Disraeli

  • An EU referendum is inevitable; its outcome is not

    Updated: 2012-03-25 20:29:38
    A referendum on EU membership is starting to feel unavoidable. Boris Johnson's support for the People's Pledge is just the latest token of a changed atmosphere. When the question was last put before the House of Commons, none of the main parties argued that consulting the people was wrong in principle. It was hardly a [...]

  • Minimum alcohol pricing – a disproportionate response to a declining problem

    Updated: 2012-03-23 16:09:56
      Indeed, they are most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and your swag-bellied Hollander—Drink, ho!—are nothing to your English. The poet reminds us that our national propensity to drunkenness is not new. For all the alarmism about an 'epidemic of binge-drinking', the phenomenon seems to be in decline. According to the Office of National [...]

  • Can you guess where the European Parliament stands on motherhood and apple pie?

    Updated: 2012-03-22 10:49:16
      Indeed, they are most potent in potting: your Dane, your German, and your swag-bellied Hollander—Drink, ho!—are nothing to your English. The poet reminds us that our national propensity to drunkenness is not new. For all the alarmism about an 'epidemic of binge-drinking', the phenomenon seems to be in decline. According to the Office of National [...]

  • Taxpayers of Europe! Every penny you save at home is being squandered by Brussels!

    Updated: 2012-03-21 09:40:14
    I'm spending the day hosting a meeting at the European Parliament for taxpayer associations from around Europe. I can't tell you what a rare pleasure it is, in Brussels, to hear from groups which want less state intervention. Economists call the phenomenon 'dispersed costs and concentrated gains'. People tend to notice the entitlements they get [...]

  • The alliance of free English-speaking peoples is an awesome force in the world

    Updated: 2012-03-19 19:38:14
    Thanks to all the heroes of the Manning Centre and the wider movement: Cliff Fryers, Darrell Reid, Tasha Kheiriddin, Brian Lilley, Chuck Strahl, Manny Montenegrino, Brigitte Pellerin, Rick Anderson. Thanks, too, to the elected representatives who carry the conservative standard in the cold Dominion: Tony Clement, Jason Kenney, Kara Johnson, Scott Reid, Christy Clark, Tim Hudak [...]

  • Caroline Lucas Speech At 2012 Spring Conference

    Updated: 2012-02-27 22:19:00
    Here are links to the speeches of Caroline Lucas and Adrian Ramsay at the Green Party of England and Wales Spring Conference in Liverpool:http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/Caroline-Lucas-Green-Party-Conference-Liverpool.htmlhttp://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/Adrian-Ramsay-Deputy-Leader-Conference-Speech.html

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