Phil Taylor Articles

Nick Clegg’s deal with the Tories is bad news for the Liberal Democrats. Phil Taylor outlines how Labour can seize the opportunity to drive a red wedge into the coalition

Labour must regain its confidence and get on with the job

Two issues in the past few days suggest that there is a serious job to do to change the national dialogue about young people. And as a party and government we are ideally placed to take the lead.

The row over the Mosquito, the device that emits a high-pitched sound to disperse groups of teenagers, is perhaps the most depressing. Is there any other section of society where it would be acceptable to force them to move on by assaulting them in this way? There are estimated to be 3,500 of these devices in public spaces that should be for everyone. They don’t target law-breaking or anti-social behaviour but every young person indiscriminately. Is that the best we can do to engage with young people?