See the Amnesty ad the FT haven’t the balls to run
Over 2,000 Amnesty International supporters donated to place this advert in the Financial Times, Metro and Evening Standard. Northcliffe House has many a vice but reluctance to accept cash is…
EXCLUSIVE: Labour’s new ad
Yesterday's debate's biggest gaffe was undoubtedly David Cameron's hamfisted 'Axis of Evil' speech, citing China (along with Iran) as the reason we need nuclear missiles. “Are we really happy to…
The Labour Manifesto – sponsored by BUPA
It was presumably concern about whether party political events were allowed on NHS property that led Labour’s media team to tell BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the “Hospital site where Lab…
Ken Livingstone hints at endorsement of Tony Juniper (but couldn’t possibly comment)
Fans of House of Cards will recognise it immediately. When asked whether he was urging Cantabrians to vote for Green candidate Tony Juniper over Labour's Daniel Zeichner, Ken Livingstone cannily…
Are working class people just nicer?
Much bemused wryness in lefty workplaces across the land as an article in The Guardian goes slightly viral by reporting that people who buy ethical products are more likely to…
Super Tax
An almost invisibly small amount is shaved off each one of millions of transactions in the global banking system. No-one involved in the transactions has any cause to notice, but…
Guardian video – Brighton Pavilion: A Green leap forward?
The Guardian seem pretty insistent on not allowing me to embed this, so I'm going to have to take the extraordinary editorial step of imploring you to leave Bright Green…
Clarifications and questions on Green spokespeople
Well, this is not the blog I had intended to write today. Yesterday morning I was very pleased to bring you the current line-up of Green Party spokespeople. Some rising…
Breaking news – Green Party front bench reshuffle
Important edit - Have had urgent emails from the Green Press office disputing my reporting of this story. More details as I get them, but for the time being, what…
Now we know the victims of Annabel Goldie’s class war
I mentioned in my post yesterday the Tories’ calls for cuts to various popular initiatives in the Budget; I didn’t, of course, mean that list to be exclusive. No one…