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Tim Montgomerie has an interesting and insightful article in the New Statesman on the mood within the Conservative Parliamentary party.  “Given the coalition's radicalism” suggests Tim “complaints about the ideological direction may seem odd.” I don't mean to be difficult, but what radicalism?  From where I'm sitting, the problem is not [...]

Vince Cable has apparently told the New Statesman that John Keynes would support Coalition policy if he was around today. Isn't that the problem? Racking up ever higher public spending and debt is not the way to sustainable economic growth. There may have been a change of ministers but since [...]

I AM LOATH to venture into this area once more, but I feel I should respond to Mehdi Hasan’s attack on Phil Woolas over at The New Statesman today. The Statesman, John Rentoul reminds us, abandoned its traditional support of Labour during the Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election in 1995 in which [...]

I gave this interview to the New Statesman weeks ago. Little did I know how relevant it would be today. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/09/nadine-dorries-palin-bagshawe... [...]

I AM A racist. I had no idea up until this morning, when I was.informed that my racism has manifested itself in a particularly ugly act of race-oriented bigotry and vindictiveness: I have not made a financial contribution to Diane Abbott’s leadership campaign. I know! I can barely write about it, I [...]

JOHN Kampfner’s decision to support the LibDems should come as no surprise to anyone. I recall a truly bizarre feature in the New Statesman in the few weeks running up to the 2005 election in which readers were invited to vote tactically against Labour MPs. That’s right – against! He was [...]

This is what John Campfner says of his reasons for supporting the Liberal Democrats. Today I launched my pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg. As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been able to give a frank and honest appraisal [...]