Blog posts tagged "General election"

May 7, 2010 10:44 pm 6 Comments

As Ken Clarke hints at a Cabinet position for Vince Cable and a possible deferrment of the Tories plans to cut the deficit, Faisal Islam asks: is this the shape of the Con-Lib alliance?

May 5, 2010 1:39 pm 5 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on the lessons from Germany that the political parties could learn from

May 3, 2010 10:03 pm 25 Comments

The election in many ways is a lie. What Greece ‘s £94bn bailout is showing, and the reported views of the Bank of England governor too, is that Britain over the next two to three years will not resemble the picture of the country that was sold to you in this campaign.

April 23, 2010 2:29 pm 14 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how today's GDP figure will have a big role to play in next week's leaders' debate on the economy - and possibly the party campaigns.

April 21, 2010 9:26 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on the rise in unemployment to over 2.5m just two weeks ahead of the general election.

April 16, 2010 12:28 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how he believes the Conservatives may be feeling a little edgy after last night's leaders' debate.

April 14, 2010 10:02 pm No Comments

If the election was a prize for fiscal candour, the Liberal Democrats might actually win, blogs Faisal Islam.

April 13, 2010 9:18 pm No Comments

No one could accuse the Conservatives of failing to outline an original vision for Britain. Just flick back to “Are you thinking what we’re thinking?” and the difference is pretty clear. It is brimming with sunny pre-election optimism, the issue is: is this Blue Book hiding something a little more pessimistic post-election? The Labour charge is [...]

12:19 am No Comments

On the income tax pledge, which is arguably stronger than previous Labour manifesto pledges, as it includes the new top rate tax, it strikes me as a lost opportunity for candour in politics. Clearly guaranteeing rates has little or no impact on the actual tax burden. It makes little sense to guarantee no increase in [...]

April 9, 2010 8:09 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how Conservative adviser Martin Read has revealed more of the Tories' spending cuts plans, but the party won't release the full calculations.