Suddenly, the prospect of a Conservative election victory is far from certain. Government ministers and strategists have a bounce in their step not seen since Gordon Brown’s very first months as prime minister. Read more...
Monitoring the quangos, by James Close
A pledge to scrap a number of education quangos underpinned Nick Clegg’s recent announcement to give every child from a poor home a £2,500 funding boost. Read more...
8 February 2010 | James Close
Not so wonderful Copenhagen, by James Close
As I write, negotiations at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen have been suspended after developing countries withdrew their co-operation. Read more...
16 December 2009 | James Close
A storm is coming, by James Close
‘This is no time for a novice.’ Gordon Brown’s jibe at Davids Cameron and Miliband at last year’s Labour conference was surely one of the better lines of his premiership. Read more...
27 October 2009 | James Close
Asset idealism, by James Close
The shadow of the government’s projected budget deficit of £175bn has loomed large over all three of this year’s party conferences. Read more...
7 October 2009 | James Close

