BBC reports “Chief Treasury Secretary David Laws has apologised for claiming MPs' expenses to rent rooms in homes owned by his partner. Mr Laws said he would immediately pay back the money the...
Alastair Campbell twitters re his appearance on last nights Question Time “Question Time over. Mystery revealed as to why there was no minister. Govt said would not field if I was the Labour...
The Guardian Greenslade blog today says "Why has the BBC given Hazel Blears a place on Andrew Neil's sofa? What do the producers of Andrew Neil's BBC TV programme, This Week, think they are doing...
The Times today reports that Patricia Hewitt rounded off a bumper payday when she put the lobby gate scandal behind her to become a director of Eurotunnel. The new directorship took the former Health...
"At 6pm on Wednesday 26th May 2010, Oxford's world famous Sheldonian Theatre and Divinity School will open its doors to hear two of the most illustrious religious authorities write a new and...
The Times today says “Technology and the pressures of modern life are today blamed for creating an epidemic of loneliness…The findings, from a survey of more than 2,200 adults from across...
Two of the candidates attempting to become the next Labour leader have criticised the decision to invade Iraq. Ed Balls, the former children's secretary, told the Daily Telegraph the war was...
Today the Telegraph writes “But keeping interest rates lower than inflation and letting the currency take the strain is another way to reduce the Real Value of Debt. You can see why politicians...
Today the Telegraph writes “But keeping interest rates lower than inflation and letting the currency take the strain is another way to reduce the Real Value of Debt. You can see why politicians...
Leftwing Labour MP Diane Abbott announced today she was running for the party leadership, becoming the first woman to enter the race. In a surprise move, the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke...
The BBC have learnt that civil service chiefs lodged formal protests at spending decisions by Labour ministers in the dying months of their rule. They were sufficiently concerned that they invoked...
To start the ball rolling some ideas below:- Let the USA fight its own oil wars (how many billions let alone lives have been wasted) - bring back all our troops within 6 months Quangos - get rid of...
http://www.guardian.c...010-how-britain-voted The Guardian in its post election analysis yesterday said “Britain is now politically fragmented. Labour scored 42% of the vote in Scotland and...
The Telegraph reports an ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New York's Ground Zero has angered residents of the city. http://www.telegraph....gers-New-Yorkers.html Is the Plan the equivalent of...
The Telegraph reports an ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New York's Ground Zero has angered residents of the city. “Supporters of the project say the planned multi-storey Islamic centre...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies, has just posted some initial reactions to the Coalition agreement published today. Perhaps the most intriguing bit is that it thinks the agreement may pave the way...
Alex Salmond says “The Labour Party of course had the prospect of leading a progressive alliance, but instead have chosen the safety of opposition. And I think their role in not grasping that...
The Times today reported - ///One Senior Conservative source said that the new Government would have a secure majority of more than 70 for a Parliament that would last for five years. This amounted to...
Viewers have complained to Ofcom following an on-air row between Sky News political editor Adam Boulton and Tony Blair's former communications director Alastair Campbell. Sky News political editor...
(Reuters) - Most Britons would like to see a change in their country's voting system to give all parties fairer representation, polls published on Sunday showed. Polls at the weekend showed Widespread...