Private Members Bill Ballot Results – Tory Tops

Have MPs Learnt Nothing Since 2009? | Peter Oborne
Ian Katz to Newsnight | Speccie
How the Cooperative Party Helped Nigel Farage | Mark Pack
Shakespeare’s Open Data Vision for Government | Guardian
Huhne Sentence Sends Out Soft Message | Michael Heaver
I Want to Be a Joint Tory/UKIP Candidate | Nadine Dorries
Labour is Broke | Dan Hodges
Labour Falls to 3 Point Poll Lead | The Commentator
Why UK is Better Off Out | Rory Broomfield
Sack Shapps | Andrew Gimson
Our Welfare State is Unsustainable | City AM

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

Private Members Bill Ballot Results – Tory Tops

1. James Wharton
2. Paul Blomfield
3. John Lord
4. Sheryl Murray
5. Dan Byles
Developing…

Low Spinning Balls

Where there are unemployment figures, there is a chance to spin. Especially for Watson-trained Balls Political Adviser / bruiser Alex Belardinelli. There he was, gleefully tweeting killer stats to talk down today’s unemployment figures:
You wouldn’t realise from that tweet that the unemployment rate is actually 0.2% lower: falling from 8% when Gordon left to 7.8% today. The total number of people in employment has risen 880,000 from May 2010. The total number of unemployed has risen by 100,000 from May 2010. With a growing population, Belardinelli knows exactly what he is doing. In reality the facts point to better employment figures today then three years ago, albeit hardly by much more than flatlining. There is spinning and then there is misinformation… 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

Nadine v Boles

Tories are pointing out that Nadine’s plan to stand as a joint Tory/UKIP candidate at the next election is not going to happen and that she is being very naughty.
Guido recalls that the outrage was a lot quieter when Nick Boles made a similar point back in the more optimistic golden days of the Coalition.
He even wrote a book suggesting a formal pact.
All be it with the LibDems…