A tale of two parties: Learning the environmental lessons from the 2010 coalition
Image credit: Number 10, Creative Commons It’s May 2010. Good Times by Roll Deep is charting number one, a track about keeping the party going and living your best life.…
Eleven reasons why Egypt’s Sisi should not be welcome in Britain
Protest against Sisi's reent visit to London. Photo by Alisdare Hickson. I believe that Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah El-Sisi should not have been welcomed to Downing Street by David Cameron,…
Jean Lambert MEP: the refugee crisis demands a coherent and strategic response
We can either throw our hands up at overwhelming human misery, or we can rally and do something – quickly. On Monday Britain announced meagre plans to accept refugees from…
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Ofcom rejects the Greens… and the PM steps in
Credit: World Economic Forum. So today has been a busy day for the Green Party, even if they've technically had nothing to do. Or rather, it's because they're being told…
Here’s why David Cameron should do community service
By Stuart Roger Phew! Thank God that’s over. 100 hours of community service for disrupting a speech David Cameron was giving in Scotland, as an act of protest against his…
David Cameron: Leading Tory Feminist?
It seems that blue feminism is now becoming so fashionable that even the men of the Conservative party are trying it out. This week David Cameron – once described by…
Defending Health and Safety
I have a confession to make: I'm a big fan of health and safety. I'm not just saying that just to be contrary, or because I like everything the Tories…
Lib Dems aren’t modifying Tory policy. They are allowing it.
As the European elephant in the cabinet room finally rears and strains the Clegg-Cameron bonds, many Liberal Democrats are once again questioning why they are in government at all. And…
Three Things about Cameron’s Credit Card Speech
David Cameron is giving his conference speech this afternoon. The heavily trailed message is that individuals should pay off debt, including credit cards. As Tim Hardy has pointed out credit…
Independence is not the point
The debate around Scottish independence often seems to miss something: there is no such thing as an independent country. Britain, for example, is a member of the EU, the UN,…