Len vs Ed
Is Len McCluskey gearing up for a fight with Labour?
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Osborne 2012
If he knows what's good for him, George Osborne will skip the Games and head back to the office -
Finger off the pulse
One should think carefully before accusing Boris Johnson of being “out of touch” with the British public. -
It’s the double dip, stupid
As results for the local elections continue to trickle in today, it is increasingly clear that the Conservatives did poorly. This should be to no one’s surprise: you can tell a government is doing very badly indeed, when news that the country is experiencing its first double dip recession since... -
Back in the game
Ken Livingstone wants his job back. In an exclusive interview, he tells Will Hazell why he deserves it. -
An own goal for Right to Work
Last week the Right to Work campaign scored a big victory. The protest group, whose avowed mission is to “stop the cuts, defend public services and the welfare state, and fight for every job,” forced Tesco to modify their involvement in the government’s work experience scheme. While the group may... -
Ed should pledge to scrap “middle class benefits”
The current issue of Prospect reviews the taboos in British politics today—those orthodoxies which politicians are loathe to challenge because they think it will lose them elections. At the top of the list is threatening to touch universal benefits, like the winter fuel allowance, and pensioners’ free TV licences and... -
The Fred the Shred U-turn
Don’t be alarmed if you heard a banging noise last night: that was the sound of Whitehall slamming the stable door five years after the horse bolted. On the advice of senior civil servants, yesterday former RBS Chief Executive Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood—a move which smacks of...