Abbott’s Arithmetic 2) The ‘infrastructure fund’ is unfunded
The cost of this scheme is five times that of Labour’s book-balancing exercise, yet apparently it’s going to be ‘leveraged’ from private investors.
Could the Lib Dems use May’s u-turn to rally their failing campaign?
Tim Farron has led his party into an electoral cul-de-sac on the EU. He needs a change of course to save his MPs – and his leadership.
Abbott’s Arithmetic 1) Labour’s tax avoidance figures are built on fiction
The Opposition plan to raise £6.5 billion, a figure reached by splitting the difference between numbers the IFS says were ‘made up’.
Corbyn’s fighting a leadership election, not a General Election
The Labour manifesto isn’t just full of bad ideas, it’s based on dubious or non-existent costings. At least it makes their grassroots happy.
Corbyn’s NHS message revolves around a convenient, romanticised fiction
The Bevan “quote” he keeps citing was made up for a 1990s television play.
Will the so-called “progressive alliance” ever get its act together?
New evidence suggests their supposed voter base doesn’t exist. Meanwhile, they’re taking the day off.
Momentum appears to have given up on a series of Labour marginals across the North of England
Worse, there are some signs they’re picking who to defend on the basis of ideological purity.
Corbyn’s manifesto shows exactly why his crashing incompetence matters
He can’t manage an ordered manifesto launch, but wants voters to give him direct control of vast swathes of industry.
Take Corbyn’s “tribute” to Prince Philip with a pinch of salt
The Labour leader’s years of indulging the IRA, who murdered the Duke of Edinburgh’s uncle, should not be forgotten.
Victory! Ward sacked as a Lib Dem candidate
But is he still a Party member, as Jenny Tonge was allowed to be after losing the whip?
David Ward. Jenny Tonge. Time and again the Lib Dems fail to stamp out anti-semitism in their ranks.
In 2014 we asked “What does David Ward have to do to get kicked out of the Lib Dems?” Three years on, he has been reselected as a candidate for Farron’s party.
Labour in a vice – the four pincers that are squeezing Corbyn’s vote
These are the threats that keep Labour MPs up at night.
More than half of the MPs representing Labour’s most marginal seats didn’t vote to hold an election
Fourteen of the 25 Labour MPs with the smallest majorities either voted against or didn’t vote at all.
Labour resorts to hypnotism in the battle for votes
You are feeling sleepy…very sleepy…you have been listening to another Jeremy Corbyn speech.
Farron’s support for action in Syria shows how Clegg changed the Lib Dems
The halcyon days of Charles Kennedy’s leadership offer a clear temptation to revert to the party’s old opportunist ways. Will their new, more governmental habits stick?