Author Archives: Andrew Sparrow
Politics Live blog – Thursday 12 January
• Today’s agenda12.50pm: It’s taken a while to get a text of Chuka Umunna’s executive pay speech, but it’s now arrived. I’ll post a summary once I’ve read it.12.13pm: Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, has been taking questions in the Scottish … Continue reading
What do you want to ask Jim Murphy?
I’m interviewing the shadow defence secretary – who was also Labour’s last Scottish secretary. What do you think I should ask him?”It is important to be both credible and popular when it comes to defence investment and the economics of defence,” Jim … Continue reading
Politics blog + prime minister’s questions – live
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments including the first prime minister’s questions of 20128.51am: We’ve got the first PMQs of 2012 and David Cameron will be at the dispatch box as the prospect of a full-blown constitutional crisis … Continue reading
Politics Live blog featuring Ed Miliband speech on the economy
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments including the Labour leader’s big speech and Today programme interview8.13am: Humphrys says many people are saying Labour has got it wrong.Miliband says Humphrys is not listenign to him. “Don’t i… Continue reading
Politics live – Monday 9 January
Rolling coverage of all the day’s developments8.54am: Happy New Year, everyone.The Commons and the Lords do not start sitting until tomorrow, but there is plenty on the agenda today. The cabinet is meeting at the Olympic Park at some point, and David C… Continue reading
Diane Abbott accused of racism over Twitter post
Shadow health minister says tweet that said ‘white people love playing “divide & rule”‘ was taken out of contextDiane Abbott, the shadow health minister, has been accused of racism after she posted a comment on Twitter which said “white people” liked t… Continue reading
Committee set to reject Nick Clegg’s plans for Lords reform
Clegg’s plan to have just 300 members in new Lords is opposed by peers and MPs on committee considering draft reformsMPs and peers on a committee considering Nick Clegg’s plans for reform of the House of Lords are set to reject his proposal to cut its … Continue reading
Politics Live blog: Wednesday 21 December 2011
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen9.23am: The select committee report attacking the government’s proposed planning reforms has been leading the news today. You can read the Guardian story about it here, and the repo… Continue reading
Politics Live: Danny Alexander statement on public sector pensions
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen including the Treasury secretary’s statement to MPsIt’s the last day the Commons is sitting before the Christmas break and the main event will be a statement by Danny Alexander, the ch… Continue reading
Politics Live blog: Monday 19 December
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen8.45am: Karl Popper was regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. He wrote a two-volume book called “The Open Society and its Enemies”, which he used to assa… Continue reading