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Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net …and as offensive as ever: Those women that proclaim “I’m not a feminist” should be paid less than men, have no maternity benefits, no access to refuges, and no...
>Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net Hmmmm. Looks like Labour are boycotting Google over their taxes after all. Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico....
The Government Digital Strategy was formally launched last week. It’s an in depth document putting digital at the forefront of public service provision in the UK – digital by default’, and comes not long after the very smooth launch of the Gov.UK website....
Taken last week when the historic announcements were made in Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg explains why he has fought for equal marriage:
I’ve just posted a piece on Total Politics calling for the Lib Dems to stand against any state regulation of the press in response to Leveson tomorrow. You can imagine how well that has gone down with some sections of the party. It seems that there is...
The Guardian is running a letter from people in Labour and the Lib Dems demanding that the two parties being working towards a future possible coalition after the next election. They were obviously concerned with the success of the recent mid-term review...
Commonwealth Realms give final consent to change the Act of Succession — Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) December 4, 2012 Well, at least the Lib Dems have got one piece of constitutional reform through.
The hostage crisis in Algeria takes centre stage this morning.
The news is emerging that BBC political heavy hitter Andrew Marr has suffered a stroke. In a statement released at ten to seven this evening the BBC say: “Andrew Marr was taken ill yesterday and taken to hospital. The hospital confirmed he has had a stroke....
Clearly this is what happens when you appoint Mehdi Hassan as your ‘Political Director’
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net Number 10 have issue this picture of David Cameron having a nice little chat on the phone. Which is nice. Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine...
Hello! I can confirm Nadine Dorries MP is in the jungle! I (her daughter) will be covering her Twitter in the meantime! #ImACeleb — Nadine Dorries MP (@NadineDorriesMP) November 7, 2012
After an interminable wait, the new Blackberry 10 is finally here, and thankfully it looks really good. Gizmodo has a nice blow by blow account of what was launched, but there are some key things that caught my eye. Firstly, Blackberry, as the renamed...
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net In all the analysis of Lord Justice Leveson’s report into press ethics there has been one rather uncomfortable truth that has been ignored. The key point of the story...
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net I was about to write my inevitable response to Leveson, once again laying out why I think bringing regulation of the press under the guise of politicians is wrong....
Mitt Romney may have lost to President Obama, but that doesn’t mean his campaign didn’t have a lasting effect on some people. Take Eric Hartsburg, who had a the R logo of the Romney/Ryan campaign tattooed to his face. Apparently he has been getting some...
In a brilliant piece, Mark Wallace points out that those of us in the blogosphere would be a lot better off with state regulation of the press, but that doesn’t mean it’s right. “So I, and Guido, and a thousand other blogs yet to be born would be in...
The above is a screenshot from the official NUS Demo2012 Facebook event, due to be held tomorrow. The post, from NUS Vice President Union Development Vicki Baars reads: “Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put the tories on teh top, put the Lib Dems in...
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net The Autumn Statement given by the Chancellor will not lead to the omnishambles style crisis we saw after the last Budget. He can rightly point to the fact that despite...
Here is the beginning of Paul Staines’ speech at last nights Spectator debate on Leveson. As you can see, things got quite heated. To find out what else happened sign up this blogs’s weekly newsletter for just £5.
Hours after he made it, the Prime Minister’s speech on Europe is trending on Twitter. You can keep up with the online conversation below:
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I’m sure Olly Neville is a nice enough bloke. I mean, I’ve seen some fairly bonkers quotes attributed to him, but hey, we all said stupid things aged 21. (Shudder, I’m getting, to the age where I can say things like that.) But really, do we have to pretend...
In a move set to infuriate the left of the party, David Laws MP has been announced as the Chairman of the 2015 manifesto working group. The author of the orange book, will now be the author of the manifesto.
