“Labour doesn’t need a strategist. It need a psychiatrist.”
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. A Cabinet minister told me last night that the Coalition has had its best… Read more »
A headline to remember
By Paul Goodman And the link to the story can be found here. Hat-tip: Peter Hoskin.
Labour is claiming that Balls’s plot is “the past”. Wrong. For Miliband, it’s the present
by Paul Goodman Journalists must sometimes admit defeat. The sun was rising when I got up this morning to edit… Read more »
David Davis draws attention to prison-visiting imam who celebrated Taliban jail-break
By Matthew Barrett Follow Matthew on Twitter. Yesterday in Parliament, during questions on the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy (which Paul Goodman… Read more »
So who exactly were those supposedly impartial economists attacking the Government yesterday?
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Yesterday the Observer splashed with the headline "George Osborne plan isn't working, say top… Read more »
“Ed Miliband is a disaster. Not just for Labour but for democracy.”
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. In yesterday's Daily Mail I wrote about the Leader of the Opposition. You can… Read more »
On Planet Polly all profit-making is bad. Conservatives must never make the mistake of thinking all government is bad.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Earlier this week Paul Goodman wrote about the failures of some private providers of… Read more »
Labour voices begin to distance themselves from Ken Livingstone after Mladic smear – but what will Miliband and Co. have to say about it?
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter On yesterday's newslinks I included the story about how Ken Livingstone had likened Edward… Read more »
A Labour Party lacking strategy and leadership has retreated to its class war comfort-zone
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter An extensive examination of Labour's strategy and leadership failure is conducted by Dan Hodges… Read more »
Will Labour join with Tory rebels to stop bailouts?
by Paul Goodman Some of my anti-bailout Euro-sceptic contacts are setting great store in a working alliance with Labour over… Read more »
A year out of office, Alistair Darling backs Gordon Brown’s rival for head of the IMF
Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter The merits of current French finance minister Christine Lagarde for the position of head of… Read more »
Ed Miliband quietly dropped Chuka Umunna as his PPS this week for a more experienced fixer
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter Something which I failed to note during the week was a mini-reshuffle of the… Read more »
Labour’s Ed Miliband problem
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Labour enjoy a lead in the polls at the moment. The latest poll, for… Read more »
The Left’s thoughtful commentariat
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Following last year's election defeat, there have been two sets of commentators on the… Read more »
Who’s top and bottom of the Yellow B**tards League table?
By Matthew Barrett and Tim Montgomerie On Wednesday, we reported that Tory MPs at the 1922 Committee wanted to "get… Read more »