Posts Tagged ‘Labour’
BBC praise for plans
Stephanie Flanders, BBC economics editor had this to say about the Lib Dem manifesto: "The Liberal Democrats may be only the third largest party at Westminster - but when it comes to tax plans, they punch above their weight. Their manifesto has a lot more numbers than either of the other parties. That deserves some credit. Their tax proposals are [...]
More questions than answers
As the great-grandson of a railwayman, and the grandson of a railway missionary, I love trains, railways, railway stations and rail travel. My natural inclination is to back them. So I'm in a slightly funny position with the consultation on Stratford's prospective Parkway Station. The public consultation is very short — 4 March to 19 March — [...]
Wrong answer too late.
In tonight's vote the Commons opted for a national referendum on the Alternative Vote as a replacement for our current first past the post system. The referendum would cost an estimated £80m, but, because the Government has delayed so long (almost 13 years, in fact), it is unlikely that the bill will be passed before the General Election, and [...]
Don’t break up the BBC
The Tory-backed Policy Exchange think-tank has today called for the BBC to be dismantled, with BBC Worldwide privatised, the BBC Trust scrapped, and sport and popular entertainment dumped to create opportunities for commercial channels, according to a preview to the report "Changing the Channel" covered by the BBC website and the Guardian. It's [...]
