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Tag Archives: Gordon Brown
Aug 24 2012
Lib Dems killing a Tory majority, liberalising immigration for growth and the wider implications of the Breivik verdict: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Alex Hern at the New Statesman discusses the contention that liberalising immigration would double the world’s income overnight. Simon Wren Lewis picks apart the facts and spin about fiscal policy and spending profligacy under Gordon Brown. Jennifer Welsh at Politics in Spires argues that the … Continue reading
Posted by: August 24, 2012
Tagged with: Anders Breivik, Conservatives, Gordon Brown, immigration, Julian Assange, Libera, Liberal Democrats
Jul 22 2012
Book Review: Britain’s Second Labour Government, 1929-31: a reappraisal
Leave a commentTweet This book is a timely collection of essays on Labour’s second period in office during the international financial crisis of 1929-1931. Contributions by leading historians and younger academics bring fresh perspectives to Labour’s domestic problems, electoral and party matters, … Continue reading
Posted by: July 22, 2012
Tagged with: economy, Gordon Brown, government, history, Labour, middle class, voters
Jun 29 2012
Debating academic rigour, hunting the dude, and hurling abuse at Gordon Brown: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Chris Dillow at Stumbling and Mumbling wonders what’s the use of academic rigour when empirical evidence is routinely ignored in policy making. Damian McBride recalls the day five years ago that Gordon Brown became Prime Minister – and had abuse hurled at him by … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2012
Tagged with: blogs, capitalism, Gordon Brown, local government, policy making, weekly round up
Jun 27 2012
The role of special advisers should be clarified and there must be more transparency about their work
Leave a commentTweet The seemingly nebulous and underhand role of special advisers has featured prominently in many of the government’s recent scandals – most recently in the case of Adam Smith and the handling of the Newscorps bid for BSkyB. Martin Smith argues … Continue reading
Posted by: June 27, 2012
Tagged with: civil service, Gordon Brown, Spads, special advisers, Tony Blair
Jun 11 2012
Brown at Leveson: the politicisation of the press
Leave a commentTweet Charlie Beckett discusses former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s appearance at the Leveson inquiry and points out that politicians are no more objective that the journalists that report on them. This article first appeared on LSE’s Polis blog Reaction to … Continue reading
Posted by: June 11, 2012
Tagged with: Gordon Brown, Leveson, media, Media regulation, uk politics
Jan 29 2012
Book Review: Outside In by Peter Hain
Leave a commentTweet Former anti-apartheid leader turned Labour cabinet minister Peter Hain reflects on his early campaigning days, being prosecuted in two political trials and his role in negotiating the historic 2007 settlement in Northern Ireland. Carl Packman finds it a remarkably honest … Continue reading
Posted by: January 29, 2012
Tagged with: Gordon Brown, Iraq, Labour, nelson mandela, Northern Ireland, party politics, protests, South Africa, terrorism, Tony Blair, violence
Jan 15 2012
Book Review: Why I’m Right… And Everyone Else is Wrong, by Tom Harris MP
Leave a commentTweet Reflecting on his popular political blog And another thing…, Tom Harris MP hopes to give readers an insider’s view of the Labour Party in his new book Why I’m Right… And Everyone Else is Wrong. Charles Crawford is disappointed to find that in practice … Continue reading
Posted by: January 15, 2012
Tagged with: blogging, expenses scandal, Gordon Brown, Labour, political blogs, Tom Harris, Tony Blair
