Avery Hancock, Amy Mollett, and Chris Gilson take a look at the week in political blogging.
Occupy LSX
Anthony Painter at Labour List warns the Occupy LSX protestors against bouts of self-congratulation and urges them to think about actually building a broad platform of support for their cause. Sunny Hundal at Liberal Conspiracy discusses the political arrogance of many within Occupy LSX and the Labour Party, prompting Hopi Sen to provide a rebuttal.
Richard Murphy at Tax Research UK calls on St Paul’s to open its doors to the protestors and Liberal Conspiracy provides footage of Polly Toynbee and Jonathan Isaby going head to head over the occupation.
EU referendum vote
Paul Waugh suggests that the Tory rebellion over the EU is growing as a debate on Britain’s continued membership is brought forward so that the PM can attend. The Economist’s Bagehot believes that this debate will solve little and the eurosceptics will keep coming back.
John Redwood discusses the impatience of some Conservative MPs regarding the “EU issue” and Tim Montgomerie at thetorydiary writes that the Conservative ‘mutiny’ shows that there is a widening gap between David Cameron and some of his backbenchers.
Mike Smithson at politicalbetting.com looks at how the EU debate is playing with Tory voters and Ben Fox at Left Foot Forward looks at what the future of the Euro might be, against the backdrop of the ‘Tory squabble’.
The economy and the Eurozone crisis
The Staggers documents how Osborne’s spending review has left Britain a poorer country in virtually every way, as Duncan Weldon argues that we are experiencing a home-grown growth crisis.
Faisal Islam comments on the ‘horrible’ inflation number of 5.2% as Britain’s misery index reaches a 19 year high and Richard Murphy grumbles that this is another Tory mess that Labour will have to clean up and
The parties
Politcalbetting.com shows Labour is enjoying an 8 point lead in the polls, and considers whether Cameron’s troubles with female voters could boost Yvette Cooper’s chances for leadership. However, thetorydiary considers Cameron’s front bench reshuffle to be another step forward for Tory women but things don’t bode so well for Michael Gove who may not last the parliament.
Death of Colonel Gaddafi
After the news of Colonel Gaddafi’s death breaks on Thursday, Luke Bozier at Left Foot Forward says that dictators are now no longer immune from demise and Mark Rowney at Labour List argues that the left should now back UK oil companies in Libya.
And finally…
The FT’s Westminster Blog comments on the coalition’s fast fading green credentials.
