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April 26th 2024

COULDN’T ESCAPE IF I WANTED TO

Schadenfreude might not be an attractive sentiment but it is an inescapably human one. There is something delicious about watching one’s opponents experience extreme discomfort. We may wish that we didn’t feel that way, but it can be almost impossible to resist. A great many Scottish politicians are today enjoying the sweet but slightly grubby sensation that schadenfreude can illicit.

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February 14th 2014

Après moi, le deluge

With much of Southern Britain submerged, and a by-election in Wythenshawe and Sale East, February has brought a deluge of political news and provided a bumper start to the final full year of this Government...

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January 10th 2014

Fear and Loathing in 2014

2014 is the year when manifestos will start to be written and clear blue water established between the three main parties – policy asks and policy risks will both come to the fore for politically...

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October 10th 2013

The Lucky Generals

The battlelines of the next General Election are a lot clearer following the Conference season and the reshuffles. Nick Clegg – in his now annual defeat of a grassroots motion (this time on austerity) –...

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June 27th 2013

Spending Round 2013

Political Briefing This week’s announcements on Government spending, by the Chancellor George Osborne, mark the start of the long General Election campaign. The course for 2015 is now set, the rhetoric of infrastructure investment being...

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March 20th 2013

Aspiration Nation vs. One Nation

Budget day opened with the debut of George Osborne on Twitter. A bold move for the ‘submarine’ Chancellor who likes to remain out of sight. With the economy in apparent paralysis and most alternative...

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October 22nd 2012

All to Play For...

Now the dust has settled from the Conference season, and we pass what could potentially be this Parliament’s ‘half time’, the Conservative troops are becoming restless. The modernising project of the early Cameron years is...

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