Tories are hoping economic recovery will win it for them in 2015; why didn’t it in 1997?
In some ways 2015 is nothing like 1997. Exhibits A and B: Tony Blair and Ed Miliband. But in one important sense they are very similar. … Read the full post »
Read about David Cameron, Conservative MP and Prime Minister 2010-16. During 2010-15 he headed up a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, in which Nick Clegg was Deputy Prime Minister. He won an overall majority in the 2015 general election but then resigned after the Leave side won the 2016 European referendum.
In some ways 2015 is nothing like 1997. Exhibits A and B: Tony Blair and Ed Miliband. But in one important sense they are very similar. … Read the full post »
Ed Miliband’s votes, not David Cameron’s, are the ones that a Green presence puts at risk. … Read the full post »
Journalist Alan Cochrane’s bombastic diaries cover the Scottish independence referendum, starting with the long run up from January 2012. … Read the full post »
David Cameron’s recent speech on European immigration is the latest in a series of desperate moves… … Read the full post »
The big increase in the basic income tax allowance to £10,000 is one of the most popular policies of the government – and delivered only thanks to Lib Dems. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrats retain most of the credit for the government’s increase in personal tax-free allowances. But only most. … Read the full post »
There’s often a debate within political parties as to how much to talk about the past at election time compared to the future. That debate is often skewed by many active in politics forgetting how little attention most voters pay to politics most of the time. … Read the full post »
Harold Wilson resigns on the 16th March, after having served as Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-76 … Read the full post »
We very nearly got a Mansion Tax in this Parliament. It was only David Cameron’s decision to over-ride George Osborne that blocked it. … Read the full post »
Nick Clegg will attempt to strike free from the Conservatives on immigration this week by declaring that the Liberal Democrats are Britain’s “only real internationalist party” – the only one that does not “meet every visitor with automatic suspicion”. … Read the full post »