Tag Archives: GE2015
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The “long grass economic plan” budget
Leave a commentMarch 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Well, what a budget that wasn’t. It was supposed to be an election giveaway, but it wasn’t really. It was …
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Whither the environment in this election?
1March 17, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Has anyone else noticed the lack of any debate or attention during this election campaign on the issues of the …
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The Labour pledge card is a “no hard choices” list of incrementally more progressive Miss World statements
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
I have a friend who is a lifelong Labour Party supporter. At the next election he is not only intending to …
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Why the SNP must hope that Labour can form a government without them.
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Sometimes, when the Conservatives want to float a particularly controversial idea, but don’t want to have their fingerprints all over …
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Free Schools – Vive la Difference!
1March 11, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
At last we have a proper issue on which the parties are properly split. It is an important one as …
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Advice to Labour – leave the SNP alone after the election
Leave a commentMarch 10, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
What does 30 years of having little more to say to an electorate than “We’re not Thatcher, vote for us” …
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Cameron the beaver dodges the debate-truck
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
David Cameron’s PPE tutor said very early on in his career that he was the brightest student he ever taught. …
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Fixed Term Parliament Act and chaos. One may begat the other.
Leave a commentMarch 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Deep within the Coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in 2010 was the Fixed Term Parliament Act. The …
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It is constituency polls, not national polls , that matter for the Liberal Democrats.
Leave a commentFebruary 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In recent weeks Ryan Coetzee, the Liberal Democrats’ director of strategy, has commissioned private polling from Survation in 100 marginal …
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Speed cameras – should Labour be exchanging our safety for a few votes?
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Between 1998 and 2009, during the last a Labour government, the quantity of traffic rose by 15%, but there was …
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Conservative welfare policies are too easily badged with “nasty party” to win them an election
3February 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Margaret Thatcher’s lasting legacy to the Conservative Party seems to be that when they say “long-term economic plan” many people …
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More paternity leave isn’t about the money – it requires a massive culture change
Leave a commentFebruary 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
There has been much kerfuffle this week about Labour’s plans to double paid paternity leave to four weeks (doubling …
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Labour’s tuition fees discussions are like watching a slow-motion car crash
1February 11, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Sometimes, political parties do things that are actually hard to watch, so utterly amateurish and nonsensical are they. Trying to …
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Government’s policies favour older people for a good reason…and it’s not what you think
Leave a commentFebruary 10, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Let’s start with a fact. Older people are more likely to vote than younger people. Ergo, policies that benefit older …
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Time for Ed Miliband to show he understands Profit.
3February 9, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The debate around Labour’s relationship with the business community at the moment is about many things. One could say it’s …
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FPTP encourages Greens to be unrealistic in their demands.
Leave a commentFebruary 8, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The rise in the fortunes of the Greens, both literally with their soaring membership, and politically with their strong opinion …
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Andy Burnham and the NHS – lose the politics
Leave a commentJanuary 29, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
He won’t like the comparison, but Andy Burnham is going to find out over the next few months what it …
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The development of a ‘Left-Wing bloc’ could spell curtains for Cameron
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It must be lonely being David Cameron these days. As the furore over the TV debates show, we are developing …
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Let’s hear it for the “Shy Tories”
1January 25, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Why do different amounts of people vote Conservative as the number that tell polls they are going to? Those who …
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Why the distinction between poverty and inequality is important
Leave a commentJanuary 22, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Why is the distinction between poverty and inequality important? Two exchanges in the media this week tell us why. Firstly. …
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