The credibility of politics itself will be in the dock with Huhne
Meet Ed Davey, our next deputy prime minister. Well, conceivably so. On Friday, Davey was promoted from the junior ranks of the Coalition to take the Cabinet seat vacated by Chris Huhne. In his new,...
View ArticleWhy is Nick Clegg being so coy about his reform of the Lords?
Worryingly little work has been done on the plans to redistribute parliamentary power Nick Clegg rather hopes we won’t notice that he is about to have another go at pushing through a fundamental change...
View ArticleNick Says Welfare Not ‘Immune’ To Cuts
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). BREAKING NEWS: Nick Clegg enjoyed “lengthy conversations” with Tony Blair, Ed Miliband, David Miliband and Peter Mandelson in recent weeks, he...
View ArticleThrasher Apologises Again
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Mitchell has repeated his apology to the police. He did not specify what he did and did not say to the officer, although...
View ArticleSerious and solid is good news for Nick Clegg
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). The Lib Dem conference ended with a Nick Clegg speech which has generally been well received by this morning’s papers. His advisers will be...
View ArticleAutumn Statement, Winter Blues
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good morning. It’s a difficult day for George Osborne, who has nothing much in the way of good news to offer, and plenty of bad. For public...
View ArticleOnce again, Labour is sticking its head in the sand and hoping the welfare...
Yesterday I wrote how David Cameron was already set to emerge victorious from the Great 2012 Welfare Debate, but that it would not, of itself, prove to be a political game changer. The economy, not the...
View ArticleConfusion reigns as tax policy unravels
MORNING BRIEFING – By Benedict Brogan (Daily Telegraph). Good morning. Does anyone know who is in charge of the Government’s tax policy? The confusion this week has been noticeable, and the impression...
View ArticleCan slippery Nick Clegg really be trusted on the EU?
It’s long been a truism that the Liberal Democrats are the most devious party in British politics. Dirty tricks and underhand methods are their stock-in-trade at elections, as bruised and battered Tory...
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