Ed Miliband sets the world record for the fastest U-turn (or rather the fastest admission of a blatant lie)
By Jonathan Isaby I've only just got round to properly reading the whole Piers Morgan interview with Ed Milband in… Read more »
Why doesn’t Miliband try open primaries?
by Paul Goodman Today's Guardian story about Ed Miliband's young people-centred speech today leads on his plans to involve non-party… Read more »
Ed Balls: My part in his rise
by Paul Goodman It was a flaming May morning outside and more of the flaming Finance Bill inside. We were… Read more »
Stammer struggle Balls shifts swiftly in Times interview
by Paul Goodman Perhaps the most pressing political question about Ed Balls is: will he treat a clearly distrustful Ed… Read more »
BBC reported to Ofcom over “TV experiment” that sees all local services withdrawn in one street
By Jonathan Isaby The BBC has been condemned for spending licence payers' money on "an outrageous piece of scaremongering" in… Read more »
“David Cameron used the death of his disabled son to detoxify the Tory brand”
By Jonathan Isaby I have only just clocked a piece written by Simon Carr in yesterday's Independent, which refers to… Read more »
Ed Balls and Co spent like drunken sailors before the recession struck
Tim Montgomerie Interesting to watch Ed Balls today and his attempt to blame Britain's appalling deficit on the world recession…. Read more »
Labour planned to end the Educational Maintenance Allowance
Tim Montgomerie We know that Alistair Darling had plans to raise VAT but Nick Gibb MP, Education Minister, has pointed… Read more »
Miliband forces Ed Balls to U-turn on economic policy – but how long will he be able to contain him?
By Jonathan Isaby Many papers this morning consider the first pronouncements by Ed Miliband's new shadow chancellor, Ed Balls. Balls… Read more »
The best blog reactions to Ed Balls becoming Shadow Chancellor
Tim Montgomerie selects some of the blogosphere's reaction to Ed Balls' replacement of Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor. Matthew Hancock… Read more »
I wrote that Ed Miliband’s first appointments showed fear. As Red Ed Two takes charge, this one shows desperation.
by Paul Goodman "The appointment of Alan Johnson looks like a weak compromise. Balls has been dispatched as Shadow Home… Read more »
Alan Johnson resigns as Shadow Chancellor
By Jonathan Isaby The Labour Party would appear to be in a state of turmoil this evening as news is… Read more »
Ed Miliband’s office urges broadcasters to use “Tory-led government” in describing Coalition
Tim Montgomerie We learnt a little while ago that Ed Miliband had ordered his frontbench to use "Tory-led government" when… Read more »
David Owen’s warmth towards Ed Miliband is a fig leaf for Labour’s lack of success in encouraging a senior Lib Dem defection
Tim Montgomerie Interviewed by Jon Sopel for today's Politics Show the former Labour Foreign Secretary, and co-founder of the SDP,… Read more »
Ed Miliband says Labour failed because it was managerialist. But he seems to think that the real reason is that it wasn’t left-wing enough
by Paul Goodman The conventional wisdom is that successful leaders of British political parties move quickly once elected. Tony Blair… Read more »