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How do you campaign successfully for three and a half years? That’s the task facing candidates and local parties that are part of Labour’s ‘early selection’ programme. The contest is unlikely to take place before May 2015. Since the Lib Dems have already been prepared...

Carwyn Jones has provided Christmas cheer in Wales this month, by tying up the Welsh government’s budget for next year and providing financial stability in Cardiff Bay. After last year’s National Assembly elections Labour were left with 30 seats out of the total of...

When a life ends, perhaps it is worth reflecting on its beginning.  Kim Jong-Il was, according to the North Korean government, born at the summit of one of Korea's most beautiful mountains. His birth was announced by swallows, a double rainbow, and the sighting of a...

The economic record of the first 18 months of the coalition can best be summed up as a triumph of political ideology over sound economics, liberally punctuated by excuses, incoherence and inaction. While high unemployment and stagnant growth are bad enough, not having...