Could Miliband have used Chilcot against the Blairites?
The rise of ideologically pure minor parties makes reported hopes of using Iraq War to distance Miliband’s Labour from Blair’s seem far fetched.
Will Cameron’s Green gambit hit Labour where it hurts?
Green voters have not been subject to the same in-depth scrutiny as UKIP – but they could still drag Miliband off course.
Labour flounder when challenged on their £50 billion black hole
Chris Leslie proposes to pay for it by increasing the cost of gun licences. Seriously.
Has Clegg sidestepped the Lib Dem left?
The party’s election line-up demotes or sidelines prominent left-wingers and gives vital portfolios to men better-disposed towards the Conservatives.
Red flag or white? Murphy’s latest pledge hurts Labour and the Union
In bleeding England to fuel traditional spending giveaways, has the Scottish Labour leader signalled his surrender to Scotland’s unsustainable status quo?
LabServative! That Blue-Red Coalition. Cabinet list in full.
Includes five jobshare posts, and returns to the front bench for Ken Clarke, Liam Fox, Tom Watson…and Emily Thornberry.
Dossier hypocrisy from Labour. What they say today. And what they published exactly five years ago.
They used Treasury calculations made in the same manner as those they’re now criticising.
“Balanced and tough” – big-spending Balls teeters like a circus strongman trying to walk the austerity high wire
The Shadow Chancellor’s latest attack is motivated by his own shortcomings.
Labour advise their campaigners to dodge debating immigration
Targeting voters makes sense – but concealing policies is another matter.
In choosing Murphy, Scottish Labour opts to fight
His final pledge was to cancel Christmas to take the fight to the SNP – Jim Murphy could be the decisive change of course Scots Labour need.
What Miliband got right and why it won’t work for him
Once again, the Labour leader is asking voters to take him on trust – but why should they?
Andy Burnham has shown the way on NHS “privatisation”
In casting himself as the scaremonger-in-chief Burnham is proving utterly shameless.
The Lib Dems’ comprehensive Autumn Statement flounce
Clegg hides from the Autumn Statement. Cable sends weird letters to the OBR. Is this really the differentiation strategy?
What Brown got right
The former Prime Minister may stand down from Parliament next year. Here’s our attempt at a friendly send-off.
Remember: the Left is more compassionate than you will ever be
A journalist slinging abuse at a bereaved parent? A candidate hijacking a children’s charity? When you’re left wing, it’s nice to be nasty.