• Another u-turn shows what an embarrassing shambles Osborne's Budget has become - Ed Balls

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Ed Balls MP, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, in response to George Osborne’ announcement of a U-turn on Budget plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations, said:

  • David Cameron said he would stand up for high standards but he is sweeping this matter under the carpet - Harman

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Harriet Harman MP, Labour's Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, responding to Jeremy Hunt's evidence to the Leveson enquiry today, said:

  • Dysfunctional car insurance market is pricing people off the roads & must be investigated - Maria Eagle

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Maria Eagle MP, Labour’ Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to the Office of Fair Trading’ provisional decision to refer the private motor insurance market to the Competition Commission, said:

  • Chaotic implementation of a so called ‘skip tax’ is further evidence of shambolic policy making from this Government - Jamieson

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Cathy Jamieson MP, Labour’ Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury, in response to recent HMRC changes to the landfill tax rules, said:

  • The country is seeing defence industrial decline on this government’s watch - Murphy

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Jim Murphy MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on BAE Systems job losses announced today, said:

  • European Commission is latest international organisation to warn that Government urgently needs plan for jobs & growth - Reeves

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Rachel Reeves MP, Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in response to the European Commission's report on the UK economy, said:

  • Warning over impending Universal Credit chaos - Timms

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Labour today warned that the Government's flagship Universal Credit programme risked descending into chaos, as an IFS report warned that changes to council tax benefit will 'severely undermine' Iain Duncan Smith's new system.

  • Labour slams welfare-to-work chaos as workless households soar - Byrne

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Liam Byrne MP, Labour’ Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, today attacked the welfare-to-work chaos at the Department for Work & Pensions, as new figures showed a sharp rise in the number of households where people have never worked.

  • Report highly embarrassing for PM who said A&E waits a test of NHS re-organisation - Burnham

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:50:01
    Andy Burnham MP, Labour’ Shadow Health Secretary, in response to the King’ Fund quarterly report on longer A&E waits and missed NHS efficiency targets, said:

  • Overheard in the Treasury: Part Three...

    Updated: 2012-05-31 14:58:40

  • Overheard in the Treasury: Part Two...

    Updated: 2012-05-31 14:36:27

  • Overheard in the Treasury: Part One...

    Updated: 2012-05-31 13:58:02

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:49:30
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 31 May 2012 09:43 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Jeremy Hunt at Leveson by Vicky Wong 31 May 2012 Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain by Will Emkes 30 May 2012 Live : Vince Cable and Ken Clarke at Leveson by Vicky Wong 30 May 2012 Live : Theresa May and Michael Gove at Leveson by Vicky Wong and Tom Rollins 29 May 2012 Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 Lansley's NHS Direct headache by Amber Elliott 28 May 2012 What's happening Today Ireland

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:49:29
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 31 May 2012 09:43 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Jeremy Hunt at Leveson by Vicky Wong 31 May 2012 Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain by Will Emkes 30 May 2012 Live : Vince Cable and Ken Clarke at Leveson by Vicky Wong 30 May 2012 Live : Theresa May and Michael Gove at Leveson by Vicky Wong and Tom Rollins 29 May 2012 Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 Lansley's NHS Direct headache by Amber Elliott 28 May 2012 What's happening Today Ireland

  • Increasingly pessimistic Tory grassroots think Labour government is likeliest outcome of next election

    Updated: 2012-05-31 04:51:12

  • Euro-enthusiasts are blinded by their bigotry

    Updated: 2012-05-31 01:25:53
    Who are they, these 'frenzied Eurosceptics' who want a referendum? Well, depending on which opinion polls we believe, they represent anywhere between 72 per cent and 89 per cent of the British electorate. Among the 'few extreme nationalist politicians' whom Ken Clarke blames for the campaign are, one assumes, Peter Mandelson, John Cruddas and Keith Vaz. [...]

  • Andrew Lansley is right to reform doctors' pensions

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:30:47

  • The euro-crash is coming. Will Ireland vote to be part of it?

    Updated: 2012-05-30 14:15:12
    It's hard to see what else the eurozone leaders have to do to encourage Ireland to vote 'No' to the FU Treaty. Christine Lagarde and José Manuel Barroso lecture people about austerity while paying almost no tax on their own salaries. Billions of euros are confiscated from ordinary taxpayers to rescue wealthy fools from their poor [...]

  • Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-30 13:33:56
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain by Will Emkes 30 May 2012 11:45 Tackling the deficit is a moral crusade for the prime minister , says Will Emkes , but what is his vision for our society Getty Images Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 Will the real David Cameron please step forward by Richard Darlington 21 May 2012 Lib Dem nuclear

  • Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-30 13:33:56
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Cameron's need to explain a vision for Britain by Will Emkes 30 May 2012 11:45 Tackling the deficit is a moral crusade for the prime minister , says Will Emkes , but what is his vision for our society Getty Images Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 Will the real David Cameron please step forward by Richard Darlington 21 May 2012 Lib Dem nuclear

  • Do the Liberal Democrats have a future Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-30 13:33:54
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Do the Liberal Democrats have a future by Andrew Hawkins 30 May 2012 Andrew Hawkins examines the deputy prime minister's recent form and asks , are storm clouds gathering over Nick Clegg's beleaguered party Related Articles Dan Hodges : The Only Way is Miliband by Dan Hodges 29 May 2012 David Cameron badly needs the 301 group of MPs by George Pascoe-Watson 28 May 2012 Should we introduce gay marriage by Jane Ellison MP and Peter Bone MP 24 May 2012 TP's inbox 23 May 2012 Will the Queen's Speech rescue Team Cameron by

  • Ken Clarke bids to end unjustified compensation payouts for terrorist suspects

    Updated: 2012-05-30 07:28:24

  • The three-way tribal war in the Labour Party Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:54
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 three-way tribal war in the Labour Party by Emma Burnell 29 May 2012 13:22 Labour has recovered from the divisions of its leadership contest , but there are now three groups fighting over the party's future strategy Getty Images Related Articles People's Pledge : For every John Redwood , you need a Jon Cruddas by Chris Bruni-Lowe 29 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger by Amber Elliott 22 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben

  • The three-way tribal war in the Labour Party Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:54
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 three-way tribal war in the Labour Party by Emma Burnell 29 May 2012 13:22 Labour has recovered from the divisions of its leadership contest , but there are now three groups fighting over the party's future strategy Getty Images Related Articles People's Pledge : For every John Redwood , you need a Jon Cruddas by Chris Bruni-Lowe 29 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger by Amber Elliott 22 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben

  • Common sense has prevailed on the pasty tax Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:54
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Common sense has prevailed on the pasty tax by Stephen Gilbert MP 29 May 2012 11:50 Cornwall MP Stephen Gilbert , who led the campaign against the pasty tax , applauds the government for listening to the people and seeing sense Getty Images Related Articles Live : Theresa May and Michael Gove at Leveson by Vicky Wong and Tom Rollins 29 May 2012 Imagine if our MPs never chillaxed' by Sadie Smith 21 May 2012 Miliband rejects snobbery' over social mobility by Amber Elliott 21 May 2012 The agenda 21 May 2012 People's Pledge expands

  • Blog articles tagged with People's Pledge Diary Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:53
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events Follow us on twitter Home Blog Blog Articles tagged with People's Pledge Diary People's Pledge : For every John Redwood , you need a Jon Cruddas by Chris Bruni-Lowe 29 May 2012 10:45 This post is part of a series of diaries from Chris Bruni-Lowe , co-founder and campaign director at the People's Pledge campaign . You can read others in the series here It's been a hectic first week . We now have a local office set up , have printed our first leaflet and are preparing canvassing data for our first official week of door-knocking . After two months of pounding the pavement in Thurrock with the bitterly Read more Comment People's Pledge expands campaign to Cheadle , Hazel Grove and Manchester

  • People's Pledge For every John Redwood you need a Jon Cruddas Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:53
    : , Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 People's Pledge : For every John Redwood , you need a Jon Cruddas by Chris Bruni-Lowe 29 May 2012 10:45 As the People's Pledge prepares to hit the doorsteps in Manchester , co-founder and campaign director Chris Bruni-Lowe explains how the cross-party nature of the campaign is vital to its chances of success Getty Images Related Articles The three-way tribal war in the Labour Party by Emma Burnell 29 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows

  • People's Pledge For every John Redwood you need a Jon Cruddas Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:52
    : , Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 People's Pledge : For every John Redwood , you need a Jon Cruddas by Chris Bruni-Lowe 29 May 2012 10:45 As the People's Pledge prepares to hit the doorsteps in Manchester , co-founder and campaign director Chris Bruni-Lowe explains how the cross-party nature of the campaign is vital to its chances of success Getty Images Related Articles The three-way tribal war in the Labour Party by Emma Burnell 29 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:30:50
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 29 May 2012 07:28 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Theresa May and Michael Gove at Leveson by Vicky Wong and Tom Rollins 29 May 2012 Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 24 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 The agenda 23 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 What's happening Today Michael Gove and Theresa May appear at the Leveson Inquiry Today Nick Clegg hosts

  • If Michael Gove wants to stop the Tory leadership talk...

    Updated: 2012-05-29 16:14:28

  • Special ConHome poll: Almost three in four Tory members would vote to leave the EU now

    Updated: 2012-05-29 14:30:25

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-29 13:30:37
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 29 May 2012 07:28 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Theresa May and Michael Gove at Leveson by Vicky Wong and Tom Rollins 29 May 2012 Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 24 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 The agenda 23 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 What's happening Today Michael Gove and Theresa May appear at the Leveson Inquiry Today Nick Clegg hosts

  • The Government is wrong to U-turn on the pasty tax

    Updated: 2012-05-29 07:13:04

  • My new Anglosphere hero is New Zealand's John Key

    Updated: 2012-05-28 23:00:14
    Is it possible for a Right-wing government to freeze spending and cut the deficit while remaining popular? As they say in New Zealand, ‘yih’. I’ve remarked before that, while no country is physically further from Britain, none is temperamentally closer. Yet there is a difference when it comes to public expenditure. A slowing of the [...]

  • Spencer Pitfield is the new director of the Conservative Policy Forum

    Updated: 2012-05-28 14:50:47

  • Live Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:41:16
    : Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 09:52 Updates from the former prime minister's appearance at the Leveson Inquiry Getty Images Related Articles The agenda 28 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 The agenda 23 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 Will the real David Cameron please step forward by Richard Darlington 21 May 2012 The agenda 21 May 2012 Tony Blair is now giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry Blair

  • Lansley's NHS Direct headache Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:41:15
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Lansley's NHS Direct headache by Amber Elliott 28 May 2012 09:13 The health secretary's multi-million pound plan to replace NHS Direct has been criticised by the British Medical Association , but he's unlikely to be surprised by their opposition Getty Images Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 28 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger by Amber Elliott 22 May 2012 June issue

  • Lansley's NHS Direct headache Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:41:01
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Lansley's NHS Direct headache by Amber Elliott 28 May 2012 09:13 The health secretary's multi-million pound plan to replace NHS Direct has been criticised by the British Medical Association , but he's unlikely to be surprised by their opposition Getty Images Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 28 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger by Amber Elliott 22 May 2012 June issue

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:41:00
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 28 May 2012 07:57 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 25 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 The agenda 23 May 2012 Why we should rip up our tax system by John O'Connell 22 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 What's happening Today William Hague visits Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov 8.30 The prime minister's enterprise

  • The agenda Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-28 12:40:59
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 28 May 2012 07:57 Everything happening in politics today Related Articles Live : Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry by Tom Rollins 28 May 2012 The agenda 25 May 2012 PMQs : Cameron lets rip while Lib Dems stay home by Amber Elliott 23 May 2012 The agenda 23 May 2012 Why we should rip up our tax system by John O'Connell 22 May 2012 June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 What's happening Today William Hague visits Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov 8.30 The prime minister's enterprise

  • When archaeologists are looking for evidence of why Europe collapsed, they will stumble upon an EU tax demand

    Updated: 2012-05-25 23:12:05
    Is it possible for a Right-wing government to freeze spending and cut the deficit while remaining popular? As they say in New Zealand, ‘yih’. I’ve remarked before that, while no country is physically further from Britain, none is temperamentally closer. Yet there is a difference when it comes to public expenditure. A slowing of the [...]

  • A deal with UKIP is preferable to one with the LibDems

    Updated: 2012-05-24 08:23:39
    Ask the typical Conservative activist whether, if there must be a coalition, she'd prefer one with the LibDems or with UKIP. Most Tories accept the mathematics of the 2010 general election result; but it hasn't changed their view of their coalition partners. They know the LibDems of old. They think of them as dirty campaigners [...]

  • Even if Euro-judges were minimally competent, there would be no reason to accept their jurisdiction

    Updated: 2012-05-22 22:38:08
    John Bolton has little time for the euphemisms of modern diplomacy. Asked about the way in which sovereignty has passed from the United Kingdom to the European Court of Human Rights, he replied with characterstic plainness: Britain should renounce the jurisdiction of this court. It’s a question of what do British people want to do. [...]

  • Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-22 17:10:19
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Lib Dem anger over Beecroft grows stronger by Amber Elliott 22 May 2012 10:21 It seems the Conservatives' coalition partners are not convinced by Adrian Beecroft's work on removing employment protection Related Articles June issue preview out today by Ben Duckworth 22 May 2012 Cameron's early coalition plotting by Amber Elliott 21 May 2012 The agenda 21 May 2012 Lib Dem nuclear re-think ahead of NATO by Tom Rollins 18 May 2012 1922 committee election results by Amber Elliott 16 May 2012 PMQs : the European neighbours' problem by

  • Better a chillaxed prime minister than a workaholic

    Updated: 2012-05-22 10:52:37
    My favourite Ronald Reagan aphorism, in a crowded field, is: ‘I never drink coffee at lunchtime; I find it keeps me awake in the afternoon’. The perfect put-down of hyperactive government by a president who lived up to his rhetoric. At some stage in the last 30 years, the idea got about that we ought [...]

  • Conservatives! Let not your hearts be troubled!

    Updated: 2012-05-20 11:40:02
    All week, I’ve been casting grumpy glances at the sky. It’s late May, for Heaven’s sake; yet, for seven weeks, we’ve had rain almost every day. The European Parliament rose on Wednesday this week, and I’ve been doing constituency events around drizzly Hampshire ever since: Portsmouth, Southampton, Eastleigh (where I’m fervently hoping for a by-election), [...]

  • Trees of Britain and Ireland – a celebration of trees.

    Updated: 2012-05-19 16:01:11
    This is not a book filled with impenetrable botanical terminology and nomenclature, nor is it  a “coffee table” tome.  It is far more readable and useful than such texts.  It is written by Edward Milner, who has a strong background in ecology and natural history and consequently he addresses the biology, history,management, ecology, and uses of our [...]

  • People's Pledge expands campaign to Cheadle Hazel Grove and Manchester Withington Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-18 12:12:42
    , Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 People's Pledge expands campaign to Cheadle , Hazel Grove and Manchester Withington by Chris Bruni-Lowe 18 May 2012 11:39 In the first of a new series of diaries from the People's Pledge campaign , Chris Bruni-Lowe , co-founder and campaign director , announces the next move three simultaneous local referendums Getty Images Related Articles The government has forgotten about those in the middle by Francesca Preece 18 May 2012 The agenda 17 May 2012 Secret courts could become another Cameron grievance by Tom Rollins 16 May 2012

  • As their world crumbles, Eurocrats retreat into the familiar

    Updated: 2012-05-18 07:38:00
    Greeks are withdrawing 700 million euros a day from their banks. Sixteen Spanish banks have been downgraded by Moody's, raising the prospect of a bank run across the Mediterranean. Barack Obama has joined David Cameron in pleading with eurozone leaders to take action commensurate with the gravity of their predicament. How is the EU responding? [...]

  • Hats Off To Howard

    Updated: 2012-05-17 19:32:00
    : Greenman's Occasional Organ Ecosocialist . Syndicalist . Critical . Techno-Progressive Thursday , May 17, 2012 Hats Off To Howard A link here to Howard Thorp's very good blog from the left of the Green Party of England and Wales Capitalism Creates Poverty Howard has posted interesting recent articles on the Green Party's direction after Caroline Lucas steps down as leader and on the situation in Greece http : capitalism-creates-poverty.blogspot.co.uk Labels : Blogging British Politics Greece Green Left Green Politics International Left posted by greenman 8:32 PM 0 : Comments Post a Comment Links to this : post See links to this post posted by Create a Link About Me : Name greenman : Location Midlands , England , United Kingdom Greenman is a pseudonym that I first used on bulletin boards

  • In Kosovo, the EU has created an ideal version of itself: post-national and post-democratic

    Updated: 2012-05-17 10:34:54
    Greeks are withdrawing 700 million euros a day from their banks. Sixteen Spanish banks have been downgraded by Moody's, raising the prospect of a bank run across the Mediterranean. Barack Obama has joined David Cameron in pleading with eurozone leaders to take action commensurate with the gravity of their predicament. How is the EU responding? [...]

  • The NHM Bluebell Survey – update

    Updated: 2012-05-16 19:49:42
    Back in 2006 (and 2007), the blog posted information about the Natural History Museum Bluebell Survey. http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/recording-your-bluebells/ http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/bluebell-survey-2007/ This is an ongoing project, apart from studying the distribution of native and spanish bluebells (and the hybrids, which now may be more common than their Spanish ‘parent’) – the project is also looking at the flowering [...]

  • Tom Rollins Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-16 16:50:30
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events Follow us on twitter Home Content By Tom Rollins Secret courts could become another Cameron grievance by Tom Rollins 16 May 2012 If David Davis gets his way , plans for some civil law cases brought against the government to be heard in secret could cause another headache for the PM Advertise with TotalPolitics Bloggers Sadie Smith Charlotte Henry Francesca Preece Emma Burnell Martin Shapland Nik Darlington Most read Most recent Most comments Total Politics Events is launched Labour reshuffle : critical Cruddas gets a voice The return of Tony Blair is not the real threat to Labour Reshuffle rumours : what will happen to DMili and Chuka The agenda Does UKIP pose a threat to the Conservatives

  • How the Union Jack became our national standard Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-10 22:48:05
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events Follow us on twitter Home History History Email a Friend Email this article to a friend Your email : Friend's email : Send Twitter Facebook RSS Email a Friend RSS RSS RSS How the Union Jack became our national standard by Nick Groom 10 May 2012 Before becoming one nation , Britain's countries had separate national flags . Nick Groom discovers we all ended up saluting the Union Jack Related Articles The Judges versus Peter Hain by Geoffrey Robertson QC 10 May 2012 The key points from the local elections by Caroline Crampton 04 May 2012 May issue preview out today 24 April 2012 Is Labour going to lose Glasgow by David Torrance 17 April 2012 Don't get complacent , Labour by Emma Burnell 17

  • Being a special adviser under the coalition Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-10 22:48:05
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events 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 Being a special adviser under the coalition by Duncan Brack 08 May 2012 Duncan Brack , former SpAd to Chris Huhne in the Department for Energy and Climate Change , lifts the lid on what life is like for these vital cogs in the coalition government Related Articles Every school needs to be an academy by Dale Bassett 25 April 2012 Profile : Lord Marland 10 April 2012 May MP of the month 03 May 2012 Eric Pickles and his Binquisition' by Amber Elliott 09 May 2012 Chuka Umunna on meeting Tony Blair by Amber Elliott 13 April

  • Cycle Summit 2012 Policy infrastructure and safety Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-03 22:58:07
    : , Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events Follow us on twitter Home Events Events Cycle Summit 2012 : Policy , infrastructure and safety Where there's a will there's a way . And when it comes to supporting and promoting greater use of cycling in urban Britain , the political will is readily apparent . The way , though , is much less . clear The conference will bring together key decision makers , policy formulators and experts to analyse public policy already in place to promote cycling across urban Britain . Best practice examples from home and abroad will be illuminated in order that practical and replicable lessons can be . extracted The conference will explore the end-to-end commuter journey by analysing impediments to

  • Events Total Politics

    Updated: 2012-05-02 19:20:34
    Subscribe and save 38 Search Home Blog Opinion Articles Campaigns Life History Subscribe Shop Events Follow us on twitter Home Events Events Cycle Summit 2012 : Policy , infrastructure and safety : When 20 June 2012 : Where One Drummond Gate , London , SW1V 2QW Read more Advertise with TotalPolitics Bloggers Sadie Smith Charlotte Henry Francesca Preece Emma Burnell Martin Shapland Nik Darlington Most read Most recent Most comments Rumours build of a Friday reshuffle David Cameron's petulance will cause him long-term problems Will the Queen's Speech rescue Team Cameron Dan Hodges inspects Labour's New Guard Depression and anxiety on the parliamentary estate Does UKIP pose a threat to the Conservatives PMQs : Ed turns Cameron red with rage Tories must admit they have a problem with UKIP

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