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Women in Labour: will this pregnant pause ever end?
Despite a commitment to women’s rights from the outset, the Labour party has yet to have a female leader. Could that be about to change?
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Pigeon feeders and drivers were among thousands of surveillance targets approved by courts under legislation expected to be strengthened by the government’s so-called “snooper’s charter”.
Despite a commitment to women’s rights from the outset, the Labour party has yet to have a female leader. Could that be about to change?
As Labour leader Ed Miliband resigns after a crushing defeat in the general election, there are several likely successors, including Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Chuka Umunna.
I was expecting surprises. But I thought I knew what kind of surprises. That exit poll left me momentarily stunned, and the guys in the graphics department so gobsmacked it took them a while to punch the figures in…
Crossing the smooth waters of the Firth of Forth on May Day, I wanted to remind people how smooth this campaign has been for the SNP – the tough part starts Friday (if the polls are right).
Meet Ed Miliband on the road right now and you meet a very ebullient person. He’s more consistently relaxed and confident than close aides can remember.
John Major, who speaks in the West Midlands today, energised his 1992 election campaign by speaking from a soapbox. It’s the sort of thing modern-day politicians should try.
What is billed as ‘life on the campaign trail’ is actually an antiseptic exercise in keeping our party leaders away from real voters.
The problem for all three authors and their publishers is this: if Cameron loses the election will anyone care about him that much?
With just under five weeks to go to the general election, who do the forecasters think will be left holding the keys to Downing Street?
To avoid damage to his reputation for prudence, George Osborne’s pre-election budget was short on giveaways but not without political trickery.
Ed Miliband is dubbed “two kitchens” after being filmed in one of the kitchens at his north London home, but he’s not the first politician to be accused of misleading the voters.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stay out of a campaign to gain pardons for tens of thousands of men convicted of being gay, led by Alan Turing actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
The odds of a coalition after 2015 recede in your mind the more you chat around Westminster. It’s not impossible. But it’s not a hot favourite either.
Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, provokes controversy after saying his report will not be published until after the May election – six years after he began his work.