With no message, no strategy and no money, how will Miliband fight a General Election?
The “dead hand” of which Jon Cruddas complains is smothering Labour’s 2015 prospects.
Labour’s delay of Universal Credit would cost the taxpayer money
Labour’s main criticism seems to be that the scheme is running behind schedule – their answer is a further three month delay
What would happen if Clegg backed an EU Referendum?
Today’s papers suggest that he might. In anticipation, we list some of the potential ramifications for Clegg himself and for the other party leaders.
Icarus Miliband gets burned by The Sun
By laying into the red-top, then trying to woo it, the Labour leader has succeeded in annoying everyone.
Clegg’s fiscal rules don’t really matter. How he sold them does.
The Lib Dem leader’s speech yesterday was notable for its attacks on Osborne’s fiscal plan. Could next year’s Budget be the time for a split?
Labour fluff their assault on Gove and May
The Opposition hoped for a grand piece of theatre – instead they produced a flop.
Will Labour increase National Insurance contributions?
Does Ed Miliband see taking more money in tax as the way to help people out of the “cost of living crisis”?
Pinning Down Miliband: Business policy
It’s predators versus providers in the Labour leader’s world. Question is: who’s who?
Lord Oakeshott, more Scooby Doo villain than Moriarty, helps Clegg by trying to destroy him
Doing nothing at all may well have been more successful than trying to bump off the Lib Dem leader like this.
How has Labour performed?
Ed Miliband made more of a mess of the council elections than he made of that bacon sandwich.
Clegg’s strong words betray his weak position
The Lib Dem leader is stuck between his party’s left and its right, and is struggling to please either. Will there be a reckoning?
Ed Miliband tries to look natural
Good luck with that.
Eight reasons Labour should be worried about 2015
From their policy to their finances, Miliband’s party is foundering badly.
God help the Union as Douglas Alexander, Labour’s blunderkind, gets the reins of Better Together
Sure, Alistair Darling might have lacked punch – but why replace him with a copper-bottomed disaster?
Labour is torn between populism and puritanism
It’s hard to stand with the people against elites whilst telling them what to eat, and to lament a ‘cost of living crisis’ whilst pushing new taxes on life’s pleasures.