The SNP is winning the referendum aftermath. The Unionist parties are losing. The Smith Commission proposals aren’t working. Only a radical UK-wide solution will.
The Opposition would threaten economic chaos.
French fries, The Times Crossword and U-turns – these are a few of my favourite things. And Ed Miliband helped remind me of that.
Plus: Rubbish in the Sun. Andy Carroll is out. A mystery Tory is in – with an au pair, at any rate. My controversial book on the NHS. And: Lord Fink is right.
But Sir Peter Tapsell showed, by warning about Greece and Russia, that it is possible to rise above parochial concerns.
A lesson of Miliband’s assault on businesses is that they can no longer rely on others to communicate the benefits of what they do to voters.
A clear plan. A strong retail offer. The right direction. A vision for the country. Labour’s strategic failure. And let’s not forget…Ed Miliband.
It’s the state that raises taxes, increases household bills and helps to push up prices – all of which hit poorer people.
The insatiable left might prove just enough to put Miliband in Number 10, but when confronted with the realities of government it will eat him alive.
A review of three polls.
Plus: Lord Ashcroft’s Scotland poll – I must revise my predictions. Abuse in Rotherham. An upset in Sheffield? My drivetime success. And: in memoriam, Martin Gilbert.
“Bill somebody’s not a person: bill somebody’s Labour’s policy”.
This was the Labour leader’s worst week yet. It was like watching a rabbit being shaken in the jaws of a triumphant labrador.
If these results were replicated in May, Douglas Alexander would lose his seat. So, too, would the Liberal Democrats’ Danny Alexander.
To Hungary and Cyprus, Putin appears to have added a third, slightly less marginal, ally – Greece. Will Spain be next?