A higher salary in the most important institution in the UK would help restore the concept of public service.

An ICM / Guardian poll revealed yesterday that the Conservatives’ lead is down three percent, whilst Labour and Liberal Democrat figures remain fairly steady. This highlights the growing concern at the possibility of a hung …

I keep hearing this thing about spin. As one blogger put it, “with Cameron, you don’t know where the spin ends and the policies begin.” This is the accusation the Conservatives and their leader stand …

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Demos’ report ‘Building Character,’ on the effect parenting has on children’s life skills is interesting for a number of reasons. The report would be interesting enough on its own merits, after all ‘character’ or …

“There’s no business like show business”, a famous woman once sung. This week, there was no business because of the snow business.  
“Why me?” a forklift driver, stuck on a snowed in road, cried. ‘Because you’re a …

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Almost 50 years ago, when prosecuting Penguin books for obscenity over the publication of D H Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”, the crown council practically guaranteed his defeat at the outset by asking the jury …

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The anti PC brigade has a new champion – MP Philip Davies. As David Moss has explained in some depth, the Conservative member for Shipley has bombarded the Equality and Human Rights Commission with …

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It’s often been commented that whilst there is widespread dislike of the government, David Cameron hasn’t emulated Tony Blair’s success in making the Opposition really popular. A hung parliament …

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Conservative MP Philip Davies, parliamentary spokesman for the Campaign Against Political Correctness, has written a series of 19 letters to the Equality and Human Rights Commission concerning ‘political correctness’.  Davies’ letters are a …

I’ve been struggling to care about the non-doms affair since the story broke. Now I finally get to say why none of it really matters.

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Alistair Darling’s pre-budget report has, since it’s publication on Wednesday, been labelled a “pre-election con“  and more “politics than economics.”
The Tories insist that plans to raise both child and disability benefits by 1.5% …

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In our latest debate on The Vibe, columnists James Richardson and Simon Stiel go head to head, to discuss the future of education in this country. With Labour using the Queen’s speech …

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With the release of the latest Mori opinion poll suggesting a significant tightening of the Labour-Tory gap in the run up to the impending general election, the press is awash with excitable prognoses …

Last week Tory candidate Elizabeth Truss faced down the rebels who sought to deselect her as candidate for the safe Tory seat of South West Norfolk. The 34 year old, described as ‘absolutely excellent’ by …

Now that the controversy surrounding the Conservative party and the Lisbon treaty has temporarily abated, it might be useful to reflect on the reasons why the Tory eurosceptics and their allies in …

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So, apparently the Israel lobby is primarily and solely concerned with the interests of the state of Israel. Channel 4’s documentary last night reaches this shocking conclusion from a tortuous hour long analysis. Peter …