Tag Archives: New Politics

Whips in the middle

Posted on 1 July 2011 by Nick Denys

Over the last few weeks there have been a number of stories about over-enthusiastic whipping.  Around three months ago I was talking to a back bench Conservative MP about what life was like being in a coalition*. Though the MP … Continue reading →

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Picking a crowd for crowd-sourcing

Posted on 3 June 2011 by Fiona Melville

A while ago, I listened to a debate on Radio 4 about crowd-sourcing which turned out to be considerably less interesting than I had hoped. But I’ve been trying to make some conclusions for ages, because it’s a central part … Continue reading →

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Is Miliband’s “British Promise” one to watch?

Posted on 25 May 2011 by Gordon Hector

Ed Miliband spoke at the weekend to the Progress conference. It hardly won critical acclaim: a New Statesman blog called it the ‘worst speech he has ever delivered’ and John Rentoul wasn’t impressed by its ‘cliché-wridden verbiage.’ The speech did have one … Continue reading →

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The Purple Book is Cameron’s Big Opportunity

Posted on 13 May 2011 by Edmund Coleridge

A piece a couple of weeks ago by Rachel Sylvester (£)attracted a lot of attention. “Purple and orange: united colours of a coalition” it describes efforts by “New Labour” to revive itself and to make itself relevant to the Labour … Continue reading →

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The Coalition Government must not stall on House of Lords reform

Posted on 12 May 2011 by Clara X

Reform of the upper chamber is a Conservative policy as much as a Liberal Democrat policy. Reform was mentioned in the 2005 Conservative manifesto, and suggestions outlined in a 2008 White Paper long before the Coalition agreement was drafted. The … Continue reading →

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