Congratulations to the Tories – from MPs to grassroots activists – who appear in the New Year Honours List

Knighthoods for two outgoing MPs, and much deserved recognition for many others.

A New Year’s resolution for the Conservative Party: sort out these lefty quangocrats

More than three years after the election, why is an Ed Balls stooge on the public payroll backing a smacking ban?

Here are some other cartoons which Mary Creagh might want to make more progressive

Thomas the Tank Engine is only the start of our problems.

Safe seats don’t get offered on a platter – to Karren Brady or anyone else

If I were her, I would be quite annoyed by today’s coverage.

Rowena Holland steps down as Nottingham South PPC

Career move abroad opens vacancy in 40/40 target seat.

All West Londoners hate Heathrow expansion? The polling suggests otherwise

In the areas most likely to be affected by a third runway, there are plenty of voters who back the idea.

“George Osborne is not a free market Tory: he is a corporatist” – Zac strikes back

The Richmond MP’s fight against Heathrow is a matter of principle – but also a symptom of the changing nature of MPs.

Blocking a new runway at Heathrow means running the “global race” with our shoelaces tied together

A tactical decision has caused strategic chaos – further delay will cost the British economy billions.

Ed Balls is the albatross round Labour’s neck

Bright red, hollering himself hoarse, the Shadow Chancellor made a spectacle of himself today.

Ed Balls anti-bingo: ten things the Shadow Chancellor won’t mention today

“Flatlining”? “Too far, too fast”?

What are Alistair Darling’s critics smoking?

Putting an English Tory – or Gordon Brown – in charge of Better Together is a bonkers idea.

Miliband’s diluted trade union reforms are an exercise in policy homeopathy

Yet more watering down leaves the Labour leader hawking a medicine that won’t work.

Another hint as to who sacked Jeremy Browne

The opportunity to blame the Conservatives was handed to him on a platter – tellingly, he didn’t take it.

Education and interest rates offer a lesson on managing expectations

Don’t over-promise, or you’ll be punished when you under-deliver.

Newslinks for Monday 2nd December 2013

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