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The big issue that won't be discussed
- Neal Lawson
- 25 September 2006
The Liberal Democrats may have voted to drop their 50p top rate policy, but at least they had the courage to conduct an open debate about taxing Britain more
That other, more important, vote
- Martin Bright
- 18 September 2006
With unions and party members convinced that the top job is already assigned, the battle for Labour's future is over who will get to be Brown's deputy
Gambling away Labour's principles
- Martin Bright
- 04 September 2006
The understanding among Blair's allies is that he intends to announce his plans well in advance of conference, in days or weeks
Blunders, yes, but idealism, too
- Brian Brivati
- 28 August 2006
Terrible mistakes have been made, but overall I believe the historical judgement on the Blair years will be much kinder than the judgement of contemporaries
It doesn't have to be Gordon's
- Michael Gove
- 21 August 2006
Labour MPs know the Chancellor isn't fit to be PM, yet they are accepting him by default. For the good of us all, they should put up an alternative
Years of good work undone
- Kitty Ussher
- 14 August 2006
The only conclusion any right-minded person can draw is that the Prime Minister thought it was OK for Muslims to keep dying
Where wealth disparities and violence meet
- Neal Lawson
- 07 August 2006
As our politicians shed responsibility for managing the economy they have to prove their importance elsewhere. That place is the crime agenda
Reasons to be cheerful
- Martin Bright
- 31 July 2006
The pensions reforms show that when the government thinks long and hard about something, it can get it right
Finally, the dirt is being dished
- Martin Bright
- 24 July 2006
People at the heart of the police inquiry into loans for peerages are singing like canaries
Young, gifted and silent
- Martin Bright
- 17 July 2006
There's plenty of youthful talent in the cabinet, but none has yet shown any appetite for purging the old guard
