Tag Archives: Labour
-
Profit caps for private healthcare providers – The wrong answer to a problem that doesn’t exist
1March 30, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
I wish someone could take Ed Miliband by the lapels and ‘help’ him to understand that demand has to meet supply. …
Continue reading -
Conservatives most seats, coalition impossible. Current poll predictions analysed.
Leave a commentMarch 29, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
You may be confused, given the forecast at the moment is for the Labour and Conaervative share of the vote …
Continue reading -
Nothing can be ruled out when it comes to post-election deals
Leave a commentMarch 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
A few weeks ago, the Conservatives released a poster by their advertising agency containing a large Alex Salmond with Ed …
Continue reading -
Why the Conservatives should talk more about the NHS
1March 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
There are a lot of frustrated people following this election campaign. Journalists are frustrated by only receiving pre-prepared soundbites and …
Continue reading -
Salmond’s honesty gives us a tantalising view into post-election chaos
1March 26, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In these days of people complaining that politicians don’t give a straight answer to questions, it has been refreshing to …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
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” …
Continue reading -
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. …
Continue reading -
£6000 tuition fees – sneaky short-term political opportunitism
2March 2, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In the end, after all the fanfare, the announcement by the Labour Party of how and why they were going …
Continue reading -
Straw and Rifkind – the scandal we deserved
2February 26, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
An important starting point for this blog is that few people actually understand the nature of an MP’s job and …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
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 …
Continue reading -
UK Party leader debates….it’s just not how our democracy works
Leave a commentJanuary 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
That the Party leader debates should happen seems to be obvious to everyone. But a closer look at what they …
Continue reading -
The Coalition’s employment record – Labour’s jobs myths or Conservatives’ massaged figures?
Leave a commentJanuary 20, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
David Cameron has put the Conservatives’ record on employment at their heart of their election battle plan. In a speech …
Continue reading -
Ed Miliband needs to come clean and say whether or not he wants to re-nationalise the energy providers
Leave a commentJanuary 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
First of all, there is little doubt that no-one in this country should be having to choose between heating and …
Continue reading -
The NHS is a political football for a good reason
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
First of all, let me get something straight. Labour has every right to use the NHS as a political football, …
Continue reading -
Why David Cameron wants the Green Party in the TV debates
Leave a commentJanuary 12, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It isn’t very difficult to understand why David Cameron has insisted that he won’t be involved in the planned TV …
Continue reading -
Four possible election outcomes and what they would mean
Leave a commentJanuary 10, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Towards the end of last year the pollster Peter Kellner from YouGov set out in The Times four possible results …
Continue reading -
Conservative victory could hinge on whether Labour voters hate UKIP more than they love Labour
Leave a commentJanuary 8, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Here’s an interesting concept to get your head around. What are the chances of diehard Labour supporters voting Conservative for …
Continue reading -
Day one and Labour quickly falls into Tories’ austerity trap
Leave a commentJanuary 6, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Amongst the astonishingly negative start to the General Election campaign yesterday, as the Tories said that Labour would crash the …
Continue reading -
Why deciding if the deficit really has been halved depends on your political view
Leave a commentJanuary 5, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The Conservatives ‘fired the starting gun’ on the election campaign last Friday by unveiling a poster. Under the slogan “Let’s …
Continue reading -
Wales 2015 Part 2 – the constituencies to watch
2January 3, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
As I explained yesterday, it is very likely that the results from Wales will not decide the 2015 General Election. …
Continue reading -
Wales 2015 Part 1 – As you were
Leave a commentJanuary 2, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Whereas Scotland’s 2015 results could change the course of the 2015 General election result, the results from Wales will not. …
Continue reading -
2015 New Year Politics Prediction….impossible!
Leave a commentJanuary 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Happy New Year everyone. Welcome to what promises to be one of the most memorable years of politics of our …
Continue reading -
Northern Ireland 3 – Will DUP be the Kingmakers?
3December 31, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
It may be possible that a man who lost his seat at Westminster in 2010 could decide who will be …
Continue reading -
The prospect of Labour winning has Conservatives starting to build up funds for a quick second election
Leave a commentDecember 28, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Some interesting gossip emanating from Conservative HQ is that they have started to solicit donations to fund a second election …
Continue reading -
The most significant tactical vote move may be from Green to Labour
Leave a commentDecember 26, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Tactical voting has often been seen as a stick to beat First Past the Post with. That people are forced …
Continue reading -
Labour immigration policy cannot exist without offering an EU referendum
2December 23, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The Labour Party is undergoing convulsions on the topic of immigration this week. First, Ed Miliband gave what he had …
Continue reading -
EVEL is not evil. But it will take time.
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
In the last few days before the Scottish Independence referendum, Alistair Darling, the leader of the “No” campaign, pleaded …
Continue reading -
Miliband’s deficit cutting plan is late, but better than never
Leave a commentDecember 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The trouble with the speech Ed Miliband gave yesterday on how Labour would reduce the deficit is not that it …
Continue reading -
Why the voting age should be lowered to 16
8December 9, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Ed Miliband announced today that the Labour Party planned to lower the voting age to 16 should they enter Government …
Continue reading -
Labour need to cease and desist their self-destructive line of attack on the deficit and debt
5December 5, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
UK budget deficit as % of GDP When you have to rely on the public not understanding Economics to make …
Continue reading -
Cameron needs to take on his party’s own Militant Tendency
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
30 years ago today, the Labour Party were engaged in an existential struggle against a group of ideologues who were …
Continue reading -
The 2016 General Election – what it will look like
9November 18, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Yes, that isn’t a typo. I do mean that I am expecting there to be a 2016 General Election. Our …
Continue reading -
Nigel Farage wants his country back. To what extent?
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Journalists love Nigel Farage for a simple reason – he gives good copy. He says what he believes and isn’t …
Continue reading -
The best way to pay for the NHS in future? Immigration
4November 6, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England, published a report last week into the future of the health service, …
Continue reading -
Cut inheritance tax whilst food banks are thriving? Really, David?
3October 16, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Just when I thought the Conservative Party had run out of ways to write the Labour Party manifesto, they have …
Continue reading -
Have we just discovered that the NHS is a Westminster bubble issue but not a voting issue
Leave a commentOctober 14, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Amongst the fall-out from the astonishing performance of UKIP on Thursday in the Heywood and Middleton by-election, it is possible …
Continue reading -
Clacton-on-Sea and Heywood by-elections today – a foregone conclusion?
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Today, two sets of voters go to the polls to choose their MPs in by-elections. One, in Clacton-on-Sea (on the …
Continue reading -
Who is the most principled political party leader in the Scottish Independence campaign?
3September 12, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
As the leaders of all the UK’s major political parties gathered in Scotland to try and persuade the Scots not …
Continue reading -
Now the hackers are facing the full might of the law – we must be wary of further attempts to muzzle press freedom
Leave a commentJuly 2, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
A £100m phone hacking trial has just finished. There are more to come as the law works its way through …
Continue reading -
Lib Dems education policy – pushing them Ed-wards
Leave a commentJune 14, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
The most interesting aspect of the Lib Dems’ announcement this morning of a manifesto promise at the next election for all …
Continue reading -
In the rental property market Labour’s ‘cap’ should fit
Leave a commentMay 7, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
In terms of consistency of policy aim – the announcement by Ed Miliband of Labour’s ideas to reduce the imbalance …
Continue reading
Goldblog 
Recent Comments