Who are the DUP? Extreme social conservatives who have blocked gay marriage...
Theresa May has announced that she will form a government with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, meaning that the most regressive and socially conservative party in Britain is about to...
View ArticleThe Tories are on their own on police cuts
Is there anyone in the country who actually thinks cutting the police numbers is a good idea? Apart from career criminals, probably not. They must be the only ones who applaud every time they hear the...
View ArticleNick Clegg thinks ‘Corbynites’ are being unfair about his Knighthood
The world’s smallest violin is playing for Nick Clegg today, who has complained in his latest iNews column that nobody seemed to think he deserved his Knighthood. The absurdity of knighting one of the...
View ArticleNew analysis reveals how much austerity has cost each person in the UK
The latest figures on public sector finance shows we’re on course for the smallest government deficit – the difference between public spending and revenue – since 2001. What they don’t show is the...
View ArticleThe Lib Dems’ contempt for the electorate will do them no favours
Whatever you think of the current Labour Party, there’s no denying that it knows how to lose an election. The morning of 8 May brought a crushing defeat, but for all the upset there was no time...
View ArticleCharles Kennedy on Iraq, Scotland and the need for a friendlier politics
We were saddened to hear this morning of the untimely death of Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader who has passed away at the age of 55. Known for his good humour and dislike of...
View ArticleOpen primaries could solve Labour’s leadership crisis – and unite the left
Almost 650,000 people are eligible to vote in this month’s Labour leadership election: an increase of 100,000 from last year. Without the High Court ruling against members of less than six months, it...
View ArticleNick Clegg says Tory Brexit is biggest threat to economy, but defends...
Nick Clegg has trashed the government’s image of stability given the huge damage to the economy its plans for Brexit will bring. The former deputy Prime Minister was speaking at a public interview...
View ArticleScottish Tories mocked over mooted SNP-Green deal, as power-sharing talks...
The Scottish National Party and the Scottish Green Party are on the verge of signing a historic power-sharing agreement, after Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP fell one seat short of a Holyrood majority in May....
View ArticleLib Dems reveal one of their key demands for a Labour coalition deal
The Liberal Democrats have revealed one of their key demands if they are to agree to a coalition deal with Labour. The New Statesman reports that the ‘price of Liberal Democrat support for a Labour...
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