Do you know what the chief denominator of Conservative support is? It’s not how much you earn or how old you are or whether you go to church or which newspaper you read. It’s whether or not you’re white. Lord Ashcroft, who knows all about this sort of thing, has been doing some in-depth quantitative [...]
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 Welcome to TP's mental health week by Caroline Crampton 30 Apr 2012 07:24 An introduction to a week of blogging and discussion focusing on mental health in politics Getty Images Related Articles Siobhan Benita : Labour is in complete meltdown' by Amber Elliott 27 Apr 2012 The Marmite question of social media by Bethany Wheatley 27 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt clings on for now by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Greg Mulholland wins the MPs' marathon by Caroline Schelle 23 Apr 2012 Let's have no more pointless listening exercises' by Sadie SmithSubscribe 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 Welcome to TP's mental health week by Caroline Crampton 30 Apr 2012 07:24 An introduction to a week of blogging and discussion focusing on mental health in politics Getty Images Related Articles Siobhan Benita : Labour is in complete meltdown' by Amber Elliott 27 Apr 2012 The Marmite question of social media by Bethany Wheatley 27 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt clings on for now by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Greg Mulholland wins the MPs' marathon by Caroline Schelle 23 Apr 2012 Let's have no more pointless listening exercises' by Sadie SmithSubscribe 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 Apr 2012 07:07 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Siobhan Benita : Labour is in complete meltdown' by Amber Elliott 27 Apr 2012 The government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry by Caroline Schelle 25 Apr 2012 The agenda 25 Apr 2012 The Lords referendum is Clegg's to choose by Emma Burnell 24 Apr 2012 What's happening Ken Clarke and Justine Greening announce measures to make it easier for insurers to defend spuriousSubscribe 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 Apr 2012 07:07 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Siobhan Benita : Labour is in complete meltdown' by Amber Elliott 27 Apr 2012 The government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry by Caroline Schelle 25 Apr 2012 The agenda 25 Apr 2012 The Lords referendum is Clegg's to choose by Emma Burnell 24 Apr 2012 What's happening Ken Clarke and Justine Greening announce measures to make it easier for insurers to defend spuriousSubscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Articles tagged with TP mental health week Welcome to TP's mental health week by Caroline Crampton 30 Apr 2012 07:24 This week , the Total Politics blog will be publishing a whole range of articles addressing the issue of mental health in politics . In the course of a year , one in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem , yet in the political arena , the issue is discussed relatively little . I wanted to do something to change . that The stigma attached to admitting to a mental health problem depression Read more Comment Advertise with TotalPolitics Bloggers Sadie Smith Charlotte Henry Francesca Preece Emma Burnell Martin Shapland NikSubscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Articles Articles Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Politicians and their black dog days by Kirsty Buchanan 30 Apr 2012 Kirsty Buchanan debunks the myths and misinformation about mental health , and says it's time to reveal the hidden mental health problems on the corridors of power Related Articles Every school needs to be an academy by Dale Bassett 25 Apr 2012 Profile : Lord Marland 10 Apr 2012 Twigg : It's not about being anti-free schools' by Mark Ferguson 26 Mar 2012 Greening : Maybe we can look at an 80mph speed limit' by Ben Duckworth 03 Apr 2012 Engel : The last two
Ed Miliband is right. This is indeed a recession made in Downing Street. It was manufactured painstakingly over a decade, first in Number Eleven and then in Number Ten, by Gordon Brown. The lugubrious Fifer inherited a Chancellor's dream scenario: falling expenditure, rising revenues, strong growth and low inflation. For two years, as promised in [...]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 Vince Cable's lack of oomph at BIS by Caroline Crampton 27 Apr 2012 12:48 The business secretary has been forced to withdraw a key part of proposals to curb executive pay Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 27 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Murdoch on the power of the press in politics by Caroline Schelle 24 Apr 2012 Cameron's evangelical' reforming zeal by Amber Elliott 23 Apr 2012 Greg Mulholland wins the MPs' marathon by Caroline Schelle 23 Apr 2012 CurbingSubscribe 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 Vince Cable's lack of oomph at BIS by Caroline Crampton 27 Apr 2012 12:48 The business secretary has been forced to withdraw a key part of proposals to curb executive pay Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 27 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Murdoch on the power of the press in politics by Caroline Schelle 24 Apr 2012 Cameron's evangelical' reforming zeal by Amber Elliott 23 Apr 2012 Greg Mulholland wins the MPs' marathon by Caroline Schelle 23 Apr 2012 CurbingSubscribe 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 Marmite question of social media by Bethany Wheatley 27 Apr 2012 10:41 Doorstepping is obviously important , but Twitter and Facebook can give a candidate a vital last minute boost Getty Images Related Articles Vince Cable's lack of oomph at BIS by Caroline Crampton 27 Apr 2012 The agenda 27 Apr 2012 The government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Third runway pressure hots up by Amber Elliott 24 Apr 2012 WithSubscribe 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 27 Apr 2012 07:52 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Vince Cable's lack of oomph at BIS by Caroline Crampton 27 Apr 2012 The government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry by Caroline Schelle 25 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt's survival would be some escape act by Ben Duckworth 25 Apr 2012 What's happening Today William Hague and Cathy Ashton attend a meetingSubscribe 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 27 Apr 2012 07:52 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Vince Cable's lack of oomph at BIS by Caroline Crampton 27 Apr 2012 The government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 The agenda 26 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry by Caroline Schelle 25 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt's survival would be some escape act by Ben Duckworth 25 Apr 2012 What's happening Today William Hague and Cathy Ashton attend a meetingSubscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Follow us on twitter Home Opinion Opinion Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS Does UKIP pose a threat to the Conservatives by Nigel Farage MEP and Helen Grant MP 26 Apr 2012 Nigel Farage MEP see his party as our best defence against the EU , while Helen Grant MP sees a lobbying group that thinks it is a political party . Which of them is right Getty Images Related Articles Politicians who can't help fuelling the crisis by Graeme Wilson 24 Apr 2012 TP's inbox 25 Apr 2012 Dan Hodges : Shadow cabinet mood is resignation' by Dan Hodges 29 Mar 2012 Steve Hilton was the PM's small biz guru by GeorgeSubscribe 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 neglected drama of the social care crisis by Jonathan Carr-West 26 Apr 2012 13:18 In a week dominated by high political drama , Jonathan Carr-West reminds us of a drama of a different sort that of the crisis in adult social care Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 26 Apr 2012 Lessons from the US campaign trail by Max Burman 19 Apr 2012 An outside-the-box mayor for London by Ben Summerskill 12 Apr 2012 Is the deluge of data good for government by Jonathan Carr-West 12 Apr 2012 The PM loves both Cornish pasties and the OlympicSubscribe 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 neglected drama of the social care crisis by Jonathan Carr-West 26 Apr 2012 13:18 In a week dominated by high political drama , Jonathan Carr-West reminds us of a drama of a different sort that of the crisis in adult social care Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 26 Apr 2012 Lessons from the US campaign trail by Max Burman 19 Apr 2012 An outside-the-box mayor for London by Ben Summerskill 12 Apr 2012 Is the deluge of data good for government by Jonathan Carr-West 12 Apr 2012 The PM loves both Cornish pasties and the OlympicSubscribe 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 government's bad news remains unburied by Caroline Crampton 26 Apr 2012 10:14 Despite the Westminster village focus on Jeremy Hunt and Rupert Murdoch , the news of the double dip recession is cutting through Related Articles The agenda 26 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt clings on for now by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Will the resignation of Hunt's SpAd be enough by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Hunt emails and the business of lobbying by Amber Elliott 25 Apr 2012 Rupert
Here's another example of the EU's hideous strength – the way, that is, in which, as well as being undemocratic in itself, it requires its constituent nations to sacrifice a measure of their internal democracy to sustain the requirements of membership. Ireland used to have exemplary rules on the conduct of referendums, which provided for [...]: 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 PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 12:35 The Labour leader got the best of today's exchanges on the economy and the Leveson Inquiry as the prime minister lost his temper Getty Images Related Articles Jeremy Hunt clings on for now by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Will the resignation of Hunt's SpAd be enough by Caroline Crampton 25 Apr 2012 Jeremy Hunt's survival would be some escape act by Ben Duckworth 25 Apr 2012 The agenda 25 Apr 2012 Murdoch on the power of the press in politics by Caroline
The idea of a referendum on Lords reform is almost as old as the notion of Lords reform itself. In 1910, the Conservative Opposition wanted a plebiscite to break the deadlock between the two Houses. The then Tory leader, Arthur Balfour, drew on the arguments of the greatest constitutional theorist of the day, AV Dicey, [...]
There was never any doubt that a socialist would win the first round of the French election. This is because, with one partial exception, all ten candidates favoured socialist policies. Sarkozy fought the election promising to make France 'stronger than the markets'. François Hollande wanted a top rate tax of 75 per cent and a massive [...]
Michael Cashman has written an unintentionally hilarious blog, a series of Spartish adjectives hurled indiscriminately at Tories: 'homophobic', 'disgrace', 'neanderthal' etc. The Labour MEP is agitated – or, rather, is pretending to be agitated – because we failed to back a motion which he claims represents 'mainstream views on LGBT rights'. He makes a point of singling [...]
Even by the standards of the Monetary Policy Committee, Adam Posen is the gentlest of doves. The Harvard-educated academic has voted consistently for low interest rates and for Quantitative Easing on grounds that prices were about to start dropping dangerously. In an interview with the Guardian in March 2011, he predicted that inflation would stand at 1.5 per cent [...]
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 Tories must admit they have a problem with UKIP by Alexander Wickham 13 Apr 2012 14:18 If UKIP's surge is nothing to worry about , why are so many Conservatives talking about it Getty Images Related Articles Aung San Suu Kyi charms UK politicians by Caroline Schelle 13 Apr 2012 The agenda 13 Apr 2012 Politicians' taxes : a recipe for deception by Max Burman 12 Apr 2012 The agenda 12 Apr 2012 Enterprise zones yet to give business the boost it needs by Max Burman 11 Apr 2012 Ken cries at his London video by Amber Elliott 11 Apr 2012 TheySubscribe 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 Ken cries at his London video by Amber Elliott 11 Apr 2012 12:16 Labour's candidate for Mayor of London was visibly moved as he unveiled his party political broadcast with Ed Miliband Getty Images Related Articles Adversarial politics is exactly what we need by Dylan Sharpe 11 Apr 2012 The agenda 11 Apr 2012 The agenda 10 Apr 2012 Putting the liberal back into liberal conservative by Max Burman 05 Apr 2012 The agenda 05 Apr 2012 Polls don't justify influencing an election by Sebastian Mann 04 Apr 2012 Ken Livingstone was moved to tears
Wild boar became extinct in the U.K. in the thirteenth century –so we have been ‘boar free’ for circa 700 years. However, towards the end of the last century commercial pig farming developed; seemingly some escaped and have established free living and breeding populations. Attitudes to these pigs / boars fall into two broad categories [...]
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 [...]