Technology and comment
Ed Miliband recently called veteran US campaigner Arnie Graf to help Labour’s ground war. Today Labour have sent an email from Graf, containing this video. The influence of the former Obama advisor is obvious, the video has an emotive single word title...
Tonight was the annual US celeb-politico schmooze vest of the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Line of the night went to presenter Conan O’Brien, who compared the relationship between President Obama and Speaker Boehener to one between Anderson Cooper...
The mop of blonde hair is unmistakable, and now it’s where it has always felt it should be, in 10 Downing Street. It has just been announced that the MP for Orpington, Jo Johnson, will head up the No. 10 Policy Unit, which has lost a couple of leaders...
As MPs debate equal marriage in the Commons today, anti equality campaigners have set up a hate camp outside Parliament. They are singing hymns, preaching and praying on a green outside parliament, as well as flyering passers by. While some members...
Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social networks at the moment, with the digital pin board boasting more than 48 million users. The site works like a digital pinboard. Users create an account (which can be done using your current Facebook or...
Education secretary Michael Gove has calmly stuck the knife into plotting by Vince Cable and Matthew Oakshott , while backing Nick Clegg into a corner. Gove told James Langdale that Lord Oakshott is “on manoeuvres” and that he was trying to “destabilise...
As the debate in tribute to Baroness Thatcher begins in Parliament, Christine Odone looks at why the left hate powerful women. It has been noticeable that the most bile piled on the late Lady Thatcher has come from men, of a certain age and political...
I rather like the new Lib Dem magazine ‘Ad Lib’, not least because the stuff in it is actually interesting to party members. I was very pleased when Editor in Chief Phil Reilly tweeted me to let me know that the magazine had gone digital. Helen Duffett...
Today lastminute.com founder, and Government digital tzar, Martha Lane Fox, was enthroned as a Baroness. Lane Fox will take the title Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho in the City of Westminster, and will sit on the cross benches. She is the youngest female peer...
Sky are this evening reporting the departure of Rohan Silva from Downing Street. Mr Silva has helped develop the Government’s economic growth strategy City Editor Mark Kleinman reports: Mr Silva is understood to have held talks about taking up a role...
Bradford West MP George Galloway has welcomed the new leader of Hamas, an organisation constitutionally bent on the destruction of Israel. Congratulations to Khaled Mishaal on his re-election as leader of Hamas. Onward to Palestinian unity! — George...
Until recently this country was being ruined by terrible tabloids and their journalists, so thank goodness we had Hugh Grant and his mates in Hacked Off to save us. Except, as Mark Wallace so accurately points out, Hugh Grant doesn’t seem to like to play...
On Monday Parliament voted to bring in exemplary damgages, as recommended by Leveson, as part ofthe Crime and Courts Bill. To try and make some sense of the mess created by the Royal Charte I have been going through the Hansard record of Monday’s debate...
The current edition of the New Statesman features a cover with Angela Merkel, Adolf Hitler, and why Europe fears the Germans. Now, I rather like the New Statesman. It has good people working for it, and its blog and print output is always well written,...
Coalicious has made it into the urban dictionary. If this wasn’t enough, it’s description references the education dream team of Michael Gove and David Laws:
Chancellor George Osborne has used budget day to join Twitter. The Chancellor now tweets from the account @george_osborne, (@georgeosborne is occupied by a comedy account,) and has posted one Tweet so far. Today I’ll present a Budget that tackles the...
A second tweet from Chancellor George Osborne Won’t be tweeting while I’m speaking so follow the Budget measures live @hmtreasury and @torytreasury — George Osborne (@George_Osborne) March 20, 2013
After only seven Lib Dems voted against secret courts last night, there is a lot of anger in the party’s grassroots. This has been succinctly, and excellenctly, summed up by Mark Thompson, in a blog post today: I understand it is difficult for Lib Dem...
Liam Fox has delivered a speech on his economic vision for Britain, adding his voice to those putting pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron. Fox called for a freeze in capital gains tax, and stamp duty discounts for those under 30. He demanded a policy...
A letter against secret courts, being debated today, signed by over 100 Lib Dem members, appears in today’s Daily Mail. The Justice and Security Bill runs a coach and horses through fair trial guarantees which have been part of our country’s constitution...
As secret courts enter the House of Commons, many bloggers are highlighting why the illiberal measure must not pass. Richard Morris asks Lib Dem MPs to remember all those activists who bust a gut in Eastleigh, and vote how the membership feel. Caron...
The campaign group Hacked Off returned to the Media Select Committee today, after yesterday’s announcement of a Royal Charter to regulate the press. Given they were in the room with Letwin, Miliband et al deciding the final deal,as confirmed by Labour...
Secret courts lead to secret justice, and that isn’t justice at all. http://www.libdemsagainstsecretcourts.org.uk/ http://www.reprieve.org.uk/articles/2012_01_09_Stop_Secret_Courts/
