Are the fundamental tenets of freedom – that of association, expression, and worship – being maintained to their fullest extent? Some would say not.
We shouldn’t have to suffer left-wing comedians using television appearances to deliver political broadcasts.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter It's the conference season, and the annual gathering of Lib Dems gave senior Libs the opportunity to bash the Conservatives, bash the rich, bash government policies, and bash anything else likely to get a smile out of the downtrodden activists in attendance. We can review who has moved up […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Will Ed Miliband open up Labour's leadership elections to the public? Not quite. Mr Miliband has tabled proposals at a meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee to create "tens of thousands" of "registered supporters" who will be eligible to vote in future leadership elections. However, the "registered supporters" would be included in the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter We featured on our front page this morning two stories about the Coalition's national planning policy reforms. One, in the Daily Telegraph – which is campaigning hard against the reforms – notes that the Women's Institute "is joining the fight against the Government’s controversial changes to planning rules and […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Questions to Ministers of Justice were held in the Commons yesterday, the first real opportunity Members of Parliament have had to ask questions about the events of this summer. The key question came from Labour MP Stephen Pound, who asked "Could I ask him to give credit to the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter As expected, Ed Miliband focused his questions on today's unemployment figures – which showed unemployment rose by 80,000. Mr Miliband asked if the Prime Minister still thought the economy was "out of the danger zone". Cameron extolled the virtues of extra apprentices and university places, and the biggest back […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Unemployment figures released this morning were negative for the government. The figures show that for May through to July 2011, unemployment increased by 80,000 – bringing the total up to 2.51m. Chris Grayling, the Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions with responsibility for employment, told the […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Labour Leader Ed Miliband gave a speech to the TUC Congress this morning. He treated those assembled in the hall to the usual Miliband line about unions – they play a vital role, union members should have a say in the Labour Party, and the government is wrong to […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter David Cameron visited Russia today for talks with Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev. The talks touched on trade, commerce, technology, and intelligence sharing, amongst other issues.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter We made mention of this story concerning the top rate of tax on today's front page, but it's worthy of closer inspection. The Independent reports: In an interview with Prospect Magazine ahead of the Liberal Democrat conference, Mr Huhne used George Osborne's own mantra that "we are all in […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The Daily Telegraph reported this morning: "The Prime Minister has been warned that government plans to get people to reduce their bills through efficiency measures are likely to fail. Mr Cameron’s senior energy adviser pours scorn on claims by Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, that rises in gas and oil […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Just in case you hadn't heard about the Nadine Dorries-Frank Field amendment in the news, Parliament is back this week – and the next couple of weeks will be proof that the long summer recesses of the past really are a thing of the past. Before conference season begins, […]
What a farce it would be if, in attempting to secure Brexit, we booted out one of the institutions that makes us exceptional.