Brown says Labour will go on spending; Darling says Labour cuts will be “deeper and tougher” than Thatcher’s
Alistair Darling has this afternoon told the BBC that the cuts Labour will make will be "tougher and deeper" than… Read more »
Labour’s increasingly draconian anti-terrorism laws questioned by cross-party parliamentary committee
The Joint Committee on Human Rights, comprising peers and MPs of all parties, has published a report this morning questioning… Read more »
Labour use dishonest leaflets to scare pensioners about Tory plans
Yesterday an angry Cameron accused Labour of lying about Tory plans on the Winter Fuel Allowance and other benefits for… Read more »
Brown should suspend everyone who’s brought the Labour Party into disrepute beginning with…
So Stephen Byers, Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon have been suspended from the Labour Party. Bet that really upset Gordon Brown, eh? It's… Read more »
Gordon Brown “satisfied there is no need for further government investigation” into Byers and the cash for influence scandal
PoliticsHome reports that according to a Downing Street spokesman, Gordon Brown "is satisfied that there is no need for further… Read more »
Which of Labour’s retiring MPs will Gordon Brown send to the Lords?
It struck me yesterday that the new cash for influence scandal would surely put paid to any chance of a… Read more »
Nick Clegg on the ropes over his immigration policy
Nick Clegg appeared on BBC1's Politics Show earlier today and faced an audience of voters asking questions about a variety… Read more »
Labour demands another £8 million from three unions to run its election campaign
From today's Observer: "Unite is to give the Labour party £4m to help fund its general election campaign. The union… Read more »
Ex-Cabinet ministers embroiled in new cash for influence scandal
After a Parliament mired by the MPs' Expenses scandal and allegations of cash for honours, the Sunday Times is tomorrow… Read more »
Ex-GMTV reporter bags Geoff Hoon’s seat – with Unite backing
Today saw the Labour Party selecting its new candidate in Ashfield, where Geoff Hoon is standing down at the general… Read more »
A Labour blogger’s attempt to smear Chris Grayling is exposed
After David Cameron's announcement this morning of Conservative plans for a tax on banks, Will Straw wrote a post on… Read more »
Thirteen ministers around the Cabinet table take Unite’s money: will they now return it?
As the strike by Unite members begins to cause travel chaos for air passengers today, David Cameron has already reiterated… Read more »
Nick Clegg’s fantasy Cabinet in a coalition government is just that – a fantasy
Iain Martin over at the Wall Street Journal has posted what he says are the demands that Nick Clegg would… Read more »
As the Labour Government has run up debts for the country, the Labour Party has been storing up debts as well
It would appear that the Labour Party has taken the same attitude to its own finances as those of the… Read more »
Are the unions about to deliver a “Spring of Discontent”?
The so-called Winter of Discontent was the backdrop to the Conservative victory at the 1979 general election. Theresa Villiers is… Read more »