Paul Linford

So, then, David Miliband – political colossus, or inconsequential footnote?   The greatest loss to British politics since the fall of Marga...

Within hours of Ed Miliband's victory in the Labour leadership election last Saturday, friends of Tony Blair let it be known that the fo...

Politics has seen many changes over the past couple of decades - but if there is one thing that has changed out of all recognition, it is th...

No leadership election occurs in a political vacuum. For good or ill, the current race for the leadership of the Labour Party will invariabl...

Cross-posted from Political Betting . Early on in the Labour leadership battle, Mike [Smithson] drew what I thought was potentially a good a...

And so at last the real cutting begins. A new hospital in Hartlepool. A business loan that would have guaranteed hundreds of jobs in Sheff...

The Con-Lib coalition overcame its first major crisis over the past week with the resignation of the Treasury Chief Secretary David Laws af...

Is politics returning to normal? Even before the government's pettyfogging decision to boycott Question Time over, of all things, the pr...

I have to confess to being decidedly underwhelmed thus far by the Labour leadership election. Aside from the fact that many of the best can...