Cross-party push to put clear time limits on emergency coronavirus powers
The coronavirus crisis requires unprecedented emergency measures. The more extreme the measure, the more carefully it must be circumscribed. … Read the full post »
Labour MP Harriet Harman also served as the party’s Deputy Leader 2007-15. This included two stints therefore as the Labour Party’s acting leader while contests were on to elect a new leader.
The coronavirus crisis requires unprecedented emergency measures. The more extreme the measure, the more carefully it must be circumscribed. … Read the full post »
Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman struggled to give the figures on how much a bankers’ tax would raise or how much a job creation plan would cost. … Read the full post »
Just look at what Labour themselves say about people on benefits, cutting welfare, being hostile to immigration and on spending cuts… … Read the full post »
Want to be harder on welfare than the Tories? Yes, says Harriet Harman. … Read the full post »
Despite some reforms introduced by Labour in the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (on which see the guide I wrote), unincorporated associations continue to offer rather a loophole when it comes to donations to political parties. … Read the full post »
I want to start writing to you, as a supporter of the Liberal Democrats, regularly and more informally than I have in the past. … Read the full post »
Political, journalistic, public and party views span the full range from “brilliant” to “dreadful” on Nick Clegg’s apology this week over the tuition fees pledge. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes, joined Liberal Democrat councillors in Sheffield to highlight more than £4m of wasteful spending by Labour locally. … Read the full post »
Harriet Harman, deputy leader the UK Labour Party, has explained her party’s programme for the British Internet. It’s not good. … Read the full post »
When it first came out Brown at 10 by Anthony Seldon and Guy Lodge was extremely well received for its authoritative detail. … Read the full post »