Gordon Brown (you may remember him, greying scottish bloke who had a tendency to be quite grumpy) had a great idea to boost Labour's support in the marginal cities: take the cabinet out on a day trip, hold cabinet there ...Read More

Well, ok, he hasnt said it directly - but in the debate around VAT, I was reminded of a contribution William Hague made to the Higher Education Bill debate. I was sat in the public gallery when the former Conservative leader ...Read More

It's something I heard time and time again during the election, and perhaps became my biggest ‘bang-head-on-table' issue of the last Parliament. Now it seems Lord Myners - former City Minister under Labour - agrees with the many other sane ...Read More