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Tag Archives: Ed Miliband
Mar 18 2013
The debate about media regulation has more to do with party politics than ‘free speech’
Leave a commentTweet After last night’s late deal on press regulation Paul Bernal explains how he finds himself unconvinced by either side of an increasingly polarised debate. In fact the arguments from both sides are obscuring the real issues at stake here, with … Continue reading
Posted by: March 18, 2013
Tagged with: David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Leveson, Nick Clegg, press regulation
Jan 16 2013
Don’t expect too much: what can Conservative experience tell us about how much Labour will change before the next election?
1 CommentTweet While Labour may currently be leading in the polls, it is less than three years since they were emphatically defeated in the general election. Tim Bale reflects on this transformation and, drawing on his research into the Conservatives, offers some suggestions … Continue reading
Posted by: January 16, 2013
Tagged with: Conservatives, Ed Miliband, Labour, political parties
Nov 21 2012
Measures of Prime Ministerial performance indicate Tony Blair was a great leader but voters do not seem to be assessing him as kindly
1 CommentTweet Jim Buller and Toby James provides insights for assessing Prime Ministers and argues that using their framework suggests that Tony Blair was very successful. However, poll numbers suggest that support for the Liberals would drop were he to take the … Continue reading
Posted by: November 21, 2012
Tagged with: Ed Miliband, Tony Blair
Nov 8 2012
The campaign for a living wage is gathering momentum and increasingly enjoys support from across the political spectrum
7 CommentsTweet With almost one in five UK workers earning less than the living wage, politicians from across the spectrum are scrambling to proclaim their inequality-busting credentials. But how did this come about? Ellie Harries explores income inequality and what’s caused … Continue reading
Posted by: November 8, 2012
Tagged with: David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Institute of Fiscal Studies, living wage, Resolution Foundation, squeezed middle
Sep 26 2012
Predistribution opens up a new set of policy tools but also a key constraint
3 CommentsTweet Paul Gregg discusses the case for a focus on predistribution: policies that target income inequality in a preventative sense rather than interventions in terms of higher taxes and benefits. He highlights the benefits of predistribution; for instance, that the political space for action is … Continue reading
Posted by: September 26, 2012
Tagged with: Ed Miliband, predistribution, redistribution
Jul 27 2012
Lessons for coalitions, the importance of Monsieur President and Osborne’s refined message: 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Ben Young at Liberal Democrat Voice lays out some lessons for the future in making coalition government work. Declan Gaffney discusses the moral relevance of quantitative evidence in public debate. Rafael Behr at The Staggers notes the importance of French President … Continue reading
Posted by: July 27, 2012
Tagged with: coalition government, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, productivity, quantitative analysis, recession
Jul 20 2012
All parties stand for ‘fairness’, but what voters perceive to be ‘fair’ is up for grabs
Leave a commentTweet Martin Rogers argues that both parties are appealing the sense of fairness of those in the working class. Miliband has done this by apologizing for Labour’s record on immigration and Cameron by proposing reform to the welfare system. Ed … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2012
Tagged with: David Cameron, Ed Miliband, immigration, welfare reform
Jul 17 2012
The Conservatives in Coalition: “How the Tories are opposing Miliband’s Labour Party”
Leave a commentTweet Andrew Crines looks at the Conservative rhetoric aimed at undermining Labour and argues that the appraisal of Ed Miliband as an unworthy foe may have laid the foundations for a degree of destructive complacency amongst the Tories. The rhetorical attitude of the Conservative Party towards the … Continue reading
Posted by: July 17, 2012
Tagged with: Conservatives in Coalition, David Cameron, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, political rhetoric
