Labour’s economic policy – here’s the tofu
“In answer to the ‘where’s the beef?’ call from some parts of the Labour Party, the leadership is serving up some sort of tofu substitute.”
“In answer to the ‘where’s the beef?’ call from some parts of the Labour Party, the leadership is serving up some sort of tofu substitute.”
Gary Gibbon on why Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg felt compelled to call Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and David Miliband in recent weeks.
An extensive heat wave is expected across Europe from this weekend onwards. Daytime temperatures in many areas south of Scandinavia will reach 30-35C, with parts of the Mediterranean approaching 40C.
The letter signed by 70 rebel Tory MPs is an astute and menacing piece of organisation by the rebels. It shows a breadth of support that should give succour to first-time rebels, but its primary purpose is to nail colours to the mast.
Don’t expect any great gestures from Angela Merkel at the EU summit, says Gary Gibbon.
Gary Gibbon blogs on what will be a eurozone dominated G20.
Spain may be the latest European country heading for a massive bailout. That might mean Britain has to pay. FactCheck wonders how much.
Is Euro-scepticism in the Tory Party hardening into Euro-rejectionism? A poll of Tory members conducted by Conservative Home for Channel 4 News suggests that 70 per cent of them would vote to come out of the EU if there was an in/out referendum now.
“Maybe we’re going to hell,” said Irene Lozano, an independent Deputy in the Spanish Assembly. “But if we do, we’ll take Germany with us.”
The irony is that just as the world’s embattled leaders stand increasingly accused of being out of touch they closet themselves away more and more, writes Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
Political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the less than positive reaction to David Cameron’s interventions on Europe.
As Greece heads towards rerun elections, Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam considers whether Europe is heading for a stormy political and economic earthquake
We’ve just had the wettest April on record and May has most definitely picked up where April left off, with further spells of wind and rain as low pressure piles in off the Atlantic.
couple of days after the budget, with rows raging about the “granny tax” and George Osborne’s decision to help the super-rich by cutting the 50p rate, the PM had what seemed like a smart idea. Number 10 decided to bring forward plans to increase the price of cheap alcohol, to tackle binge drinking and what David Cameron called “the mayhem on our streets”. According to Mr Cameron cheap booze is causing a “scourge of violence” – a million violent crimes and more than a million hospital admissions each year. Setting a minimum unit price (MUP) would, he promised, provide “a big part of the answer”. But I’ve found out that just four days before he made his announcement, he’d been warned by one of his own ministers that the policy could well be illegal. Was the PM right to go ahead or should he have listened to his colleague?
“I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain.”