“Pure nostalgia”…”According to Danny Boyle there were no black people in the UK!”…”Post-colonial” BBC rhetoric. Another attack on the Olympics ceremony. But this time, it’s from the left

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Tim Montgomiere loved the Olympics opening ceremony. Aidan Burley MP…well, we know what he… Read more »

Lord Oakeshott’s old criticisms of George Osborne take on a new significance, since Cable-as-Liberal-Democrat leader could collapse the Coalition

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter In one sense the regular attacks on the Chancellor by Lord Oakeshott are the… Read more »

Surprise, surprise — Lord Oakeshott says that Cable should replace Osborne

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Conservative minister in a spot of bother? Step forward the Liberal Democrat Lord Oakeshott… Read more »

The Lib Dem leadership race has started

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter In last Monday's Times (£) I wondered if electorates would start to turn to… Read more »

Harriet Harman: Help! Help! Theresa May has “dogged my path”…followed me round TV studios…criticised “what we were arguing for”…

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Never let it be said that the Daily Mail is incapable of squeezing every… Read more »

Blair is finished in Britain. He should move to America.

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter There will still be a support base for Tony Blair among voters – displeasing… Read more »

It’s gone under-reported in the focus on the Coalition but Ed Miliband’s ratings remain as dire as ever

By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter There's been a lot of blogging and tweeting about how David Cameron's ratings are… Read more »

Ed Miliband’s yin and yang politics

What's this? Only days after attending the Durham Miners' Gala — to appease his ‘militant, left-wing union paymasters’, apparently —… Read more »

Before Lords rebellion, Clegg said there was no link with boundary review. Now Ming says there is.

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Sir Menzies Campbell appeared on the Andrew Marr Show this morning to discuss Lords… Read more »

An increasingly self-confident Miliband attacks Thatcher and Cameron from the Durham Miners’ Gala

By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter The Durham Miners’ Gala attracts such a left-wing crowd that a trio of Labour… Read more »

Hancock to Miliband: If you want more competition in banking, why did you oppose the creation of a new bank last year?

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Matthew Hancock is out and about, putting the boot into Ed Miliband's speech on… Read more »

Lib Dems attempt to make Tories vote for Lords reform by saying it’s linked to boundary review. But Clegg says it isn’t.

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. An interview with Richard Reeves, who stepped down from being one of Nick Clegg's… Read more »

Labour say it’s too soon to hold a referendum, and say Cameron is wrong to say it’s too soon to hold a referendum

By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The present political situation has created a wonderful example of opportunistic politics: Labour's attempt… Read more »