Home-grown extremism
by James Hickling / 25 Nov 2009
David Cameron’s PMQ questions about government funding for Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation raise some interesting points.
The courage to say no
by James Hickling / 23 Nov 2009
The country can’t afford any more fiscal stimulus, but that hasn’t stopped Gordon Brown arguing against “turning of the life support for our economies”, as he did at the CBI this morning.
Reality intrudes
by James Hickling / 19 Nov 2009
Breaking from the pageantry of the Queen’s Speech and arguments over who-said-what to Sir Christopher Kelly, new public sector borrowing figures were announced for the month of October.
The cost of the EU - Taxpayers' Alliance cinema ad
by James Hickling / 18 Nov 2009
Political ads in cinemas are rare - advertisments by think tanks even rarer.
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Miliband's confusion
by James Hickling / 17 Nov 2009
It’s ironic that David Miliband should be lauding the UK government’s Afghan strategy as “rooted in the life and history of the Afghan people”.
Honesty
by James Hickling / 13 Nov 2009
You’d never get through a bill on electoral reform before a general election.
Cameron's welfare politics
by James Hickling / 12 Nov 2009
The Conservatives’ plans for welfare reform have received “broad backing” from Westminster insiders, according to a newly released survey conducted by Politics Home.
Writing yourself a cheque
by James Hickling / 10 Nov 2009
Our Total Focus Health feature for October is a good illustration of the homogeneity between the main parties on healthcare.
The Conservatives aren't home and dry yet
by James Hickling / 02 Nov 2009
It’s strange that more people aren’t making Lord Heseltine’s point: that the next election is very likely to produce a hung parliament.
The union's problem
by James Hickling / 29 Oct 2009
The Communications’ Workers Union has raised the prospect of more strike action from Royal Mail workers.
Leading by example
by James Hickling / 24 Nov 2009
Ed Miliband is right in one sense: the Conservatives probably won’t cut the nation’s carbon emissions.
A predictable result
by James Hickling / 20 Nov 2009
The new EU appointees show why it was wrong to think Tony Blair had a hope in hell of becoming President.
Euphemistic quote of the week
by James Hickling / 17 Nov 2009
Well they've been at times challenging, at times very interesting and very energetic.
Looking for scrutiny
by James Hickling / 16 Nov 2009
Whilst the papers are full of Gordon Brown’s Queen’s Speech proposals aimed at throwing the Tories off-balance, today saw the Commons Treasury Committee report on the European Commission’s proposals for new financial regulation.
Copenhagen's unrealistic aims
by James Hickling / 13 Nov 2009
Much publicity has been given to the comments by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers that the government’s plan to cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 is “an act of faith” with no grounding in reality.
Ed Miliband's nuclear wish
by James Hickling / 09 Nov 2009
The government is finally realising that this country will soon have a serious energy supply problem.
Brown's legacy
by James Hickling / 30 Oct 2009
Our December issue features a debate on whether or not the Copenhagen talks on climate change will result in meaningful steps to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
Banking splits
by James Hickling / 28 Oct 2009
I’m deeply suspicious - I fear that what may come out of this is the better parts of the banks may be sold off and sold off cheaply to the highest buyer - and the rubbish.
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