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If Cameron is a "loser" we're going to see a lot more of them 4 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm
If this is losing, I'll have a bit of that please... One thing I find difficult to get my head around is how so many people consider Cameron to have been a loser in 2010. The argument goes that Gord...
On Coverage of UKIP vs Republicanism 27 Jul 2013 | 08:52 pm
Polls over the last 6 months have had UKIP regularly on or around 20%. As a result of this the party and its leader Nigel Farage in particular have had lots and lots of media coverage. Farage is a re...
House of Comments - Episode 68 - Summer Special - Mark talks to Ian Collins 21 Jul 2013 | 03:02 pm
Episode 68 of the House of Comments podcast is out. It's the first in a series of summer specials where we talk one on one to guests about politics. In this episode, I talk to LBC presenter and lobby ...
House of Comments - Episode 67 - Funding Farrago 16 Jul 2013 | 11:15 am
Episode 67 of the House of Comments podcast "Funding Farrago" is out. This week myself and Emma Burnell discuss party funding in the light of Ed Miliband's recent announcement on union funding, the im...
New Liam Byrne letter discovered 15 Jul 2013 | 07:02 pm
In the light of Liam Byrne's announcement today that suddenly instead of hating the idea of a benefits cap, Labour now think it doesn't go far enough a letter to Ed Miliband from Liam has been discove...
House of Comments - Episode 66 - Falkirk Fallout 10 Jul 2013 | 01:46 pm
Episode 66 of the House of Comments podcast "Falkirk Fallout" is out. This week myself and Emma Burnell are joined by Liberal Conspiracy's Sunny Hundal to discuss the fallout from the Falkirk selectio...
The "War on Drugs" is killing our citizens 7 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm
During prohibition in the USA in the 1920s many people were poisoned and died due to alcohol that had been produced in sub-optimal conditions and in some cases had been adulterated with various chemic...
House of Comments - Episode 65 - The Spending Review Review 1 Jul 2013 | 05:07 pm
Episode 65 of the House of Comments podcast "The Spending Review Review" is out. This week myself and Emma Burnell are joined by Conservative liberal campaigning organisation Bright Blue's Kate Maltby...
House of Comments - Episode 64 - The Alternative Queen's Speech 25 Jun 2013 | 06:19 pm
Episode 64 of the House of Comments podcast "The Alternative Queen's Speech" is out. This week myself and Emma Burnell discuss "The Alternative Queen's Speech", domestic violence, the behaviour of MPs...
Is Dennis Skinner the real face of the Labour Party? 21 Jun 2013 | 01:12 pm
The future of the left? No, of course he isn't. But the fact that all parties contain a broad spectrum of opinion did not stop Labour List yesterday from strongly implying that the fact that a few M...
