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Blue peg, yellow hole

None of us know exactly what’s happening at the heart of the coalition. We like to take pot-shots at the Lib Dems for propping up George Osborne’s relentless drive towards the establishment of ‘free’ markets in every corner of civil society. And there is no doubt...

Strengthening sure start comes first

Thursday 12 May will usher in the second anniversary since the formation of the coalition. A week after Cameron and Clegg had their now infamous press conference in the Downing Street garden, the four-page Coalition Agreement was published; a 36-page manifesto, a...

Fiscal responsibility first

It was a great moment in 1997 when I heard the Queen read out Labour’s pledge card. It wasn’t quite as John Prescott would have done it but the priorities we’d been talking about on doorsteps across the country were now being outlined in the first Queen’s speech of a...

It’s the exit, stupid

As the decade-long mission in Afghanistan comes to an end, now might be the time to start asking what the lessons are from the Nato mission for future humanitarian intervention efforts and specifically how important it is to have an exit plan for future mission...
Blue peg, yellow hole

Blue peg, yellow hole

None of us know exactly what’s happening at the heart of the coalition. We like to take pot-shots at the Lib Dems for...