General Election 2015: Labour’s Ed Miliband refuses to rule out SNP deal January 11, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband yesterday said he does not want a coalition deal with the Scottish National Party following the general election, but refused to rule it out. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, Miliband said he was “not about doing deals”, and he was determined to win a majority – but would not [...]
General election 2015 TV debates: David Cameron “running scared” says Ed Miliband January 11, 2015 David Cameron is “running scared” of live TV debates, according to Ed Miliband. Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, the Labour leader claimed the Prime Minister was acting in a “pretty disreputable” manner regarding the debates, after Cameron claimed he would not take part unless the Green Party was also represented. According to the Guardian, [...]
Here’s why Labour is winning the General Election poster war January 9, 2015 The first week of 2015 was a flurry of political activity with the three major parties firing the starting gun on the General Election. The Tories kicked things off launching their first election poster. The message, unsurprisingly, focused on what the Conservatives believe to be their strongest card – the economy. The poster said there [...]
Britain’s future lies in a reformed EU but the Tories are putting that at risk January 8, 2015 When the British people cast their votes on 7 May, they face a real choice. Do they want a Britain hankering for the past, or preparing for the future? Do they want a Britain closed to the world, or open to opportunity? Do they want an economy and a country that works only for a [...]
General Election 2015: Miliband, Farage and Clegg accuse Cameron of “running scared” from televised leader debates after refusing to appear without Green Party January 8, 2015 Rival political parties have accused David Cameron of “running scared” from the televised debates ahead of the General Election, after he said he wouldn't take part in them unless the Green Party were also included. The Prime Minister made the comments after draft guidelines were made by Ofcom about who should appear. The report said [...]
Britain’s future lies in a reformed EU – but the Tories are putting that at risk January 8, 2015 When the British people cast their votes on 7 May, they face a real choice. Do they want a Britain hankering for the past, or preparing for the future? Do they want a Britain closed to the world, or open to opportunity? Do they want an economy and a country that works only for a [...]
General Election 2015: Party leaders will not deliver spending cuts, economists warn January 6, 2015 Neither the Conservatives nor Labour will be able to deliver the spending cuts they have promised for the next parliament, a group of economists warned yesterday. Oxford Economics has adjusted its macroeconomic forecasts to assume that cuts will be reined in, whoever wins the election in 2015. “The scale of the planned cuts to departmental [...]
General Election 2015: This NHS spending arms race will not deliver the health service we need January 6, 2015 The NHS is unsustainable in its current form, but the remedy is reform rather than more money alone. This was the conclusion of the landmark report by Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, late last year. He argued that radical reform was needed to treat people quicker and prevent illness in the first place. [...]
Goldman Sachs forecasts Tories will win the 2015 General Election January 6, 2015 Journalists, pundits and pollsters are widely agreed that this year's General Election is the most unpredictable in decades. The rise of the SNP in Scotland, Ukip in England, the Greens threatening Labour's left flank, coupled with a general loathing of Westminster establishment politics, is leaving most commentators unable or unwilling to give their predictions. However, [...]
King over the water? David Miliband doesn’t rule out returning to British politics January 6, 2015 David Miliband has not ruled returning to British politics in an interview with Vogue that will no doubt spark speculation among commentators. The former foreign secretary, who lost the contest for the Labour leadership to his brother, resigned from Parliament in 2013 and went on to take a position at a leading charity in New [...]