Orange Book Articles

I agree with Len. Those are not words that often cross my lips but the general secretary of Unite is right: the thought of a Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition is not one to ‘set the pulse racing’. I suspect, however, that McCluskey and I may have different fears about...

A Liberal Democrat collapse might not bring Labour all that it hopes, suggests Robert Philpot In the early 1950s, surveying the wreckage of the once-great party he led, Liberal leader Clement Davies admitted that people would ‘come to the conclusion that there is no...

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...

Two Tory MPs have recently made striking confessions. Eric Ollerenshaw has said the Conservatives are losing the north. In his Lancashire circles people see David Cameron or even George Osborne and Nick Clegg who have northern seats as posh rich southern boys with no...