I’ve finally had a chance to have a quick look at what Nick Clegg said yesterday. This jumped out, when he was Labour bashing (which seemed his main purpose): Because let me tell you this: You don’t play politics at a time of national crisis. You don’t play politics with the economy. And you never,
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Vince Cable has given an interview to the Guardian this morning. Some of it seems to be Vince trying to reclaim his mantle of old. I fear that’s tarnished. This is why: He predicted the impact on people’s lives will not come primarily from government spending cuts, but the squeeze in living standards caused by world prices
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Tim Horton of the Fabian Society wrote this on the Left Foot Forward blog today, and it’s too good not to borrow, so I hope they’ll forgivve me: After yesterday’s failed Rally Against Debt – attracting around 500 attendees,  despite the benefit of aTimes opinion collumn and coverage across the newspapers - we thought it was time to
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As the Guardian reports: The government is to extend its review of employment law to tighten up discrimination compensation and dilute rules protecting employees’ rights when a business is transferred from one owner to another. Lib Dem minister Ed Davey will announce the new areas up for review at the Institute for Economic Affairs today as
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It is really very difficult to fathom how stupid the Liberal Democrats are. As the Guardian reports: The Treasury will only support GP-led consortiums if the new bodies have passed rigorous clinical and financial tests, the chancellor’s deputy said on Monday. This happened on the day that the Royal College of General Practitioners submitted a
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The Guardian is reporting this morning that “the deepening loss of personal trust at the top of the coalition government engendered by the bitter AV referendum campaign was exposed when David Cameron was accused of a systematic and shortsighted attempt to trash Nick Clegg’s leadership”. I am sure that is true. I am eqaully sure that Chris Huhne is
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The Guardian reports this morning: The dispute between energy firms and the government over the level of tax paid for offshore UK drilling dramatically escalated on Sunday with British Gas threatening to shut down an important gas field on the Irish Sea. Centrica, which owns British Gas, closed the Morecambe Bay field for routine maintenance and warned
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I know this is an advert, but it’s also really thought provoking, so worth sharing: What is the new narrative we’re seeking? What form of words tells the ConDems they’re wrong? And gives people hope?

I have a habit of tackling right-wing libertarian extremists in the UK – who seem to have taken a dislike to me as a result. I can live with that. And I make no apology for my attitude towards them. Their self-interested greed threatens the well being of vast numbers of people in this country,
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