Ed Miliband will make the case for keeping Scotland as part of the United Kingdom in a speech in Glasgow on Monday. Miliband is expected to describe the “progressive” argument for rejecting independence in what the party billed as a major speech on the constitution. He’s not listed there as telling them the truth. That

              Mr Hester decided to waive his bonus when he heard there would be a Commons vote on it. Labour who had signed such a generous contract in the first place decided to table a debate and vote  in Opposition time to condemn it to make amends for their original deal. Many Conservatives and Lib

Much wailing and gnashing of teeth today on the right as evidence emerges that David Cameron is backsliding on his ‘veto’ preventing the European Union from enforcing fiscal integration among the Eurozone countries. Here’s how The Guardian reports it: Ahead of Monday’s summit of EU leaders, which is due to finalise “political agreement” on the

Ex IAEA head Mohammed El Baradei announced today that he was pulling out of Egypt's presidential race and would no longer be a candidate. When he discusses why, as usual he's lying through his teeth. El Baradei claims that he pulled out because of the military junta is still ruling Egypt. “My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unl...

Dictionary definition of a Debate. A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public place in which opposing arguments are put forward. I have spent the last eleven months pursuing a complaint through the BBC's byzantine complaints system, to say it was like pulling teeth would be an understatement. Given the public disquiet about the way the UK press is regulated in house, which was...

This time last year I set myself 3 personal goals - to lose weight (achieved, 2½ stone down), fix my teeth (achieved) and get trendy new glasses (failed). I never thought for a moment I'd be a father again, or that my career would be taking off, or that I would be writing for a magazine. Maybe these predictions will be more spot-on: 1. There won't be a General Election, Cameron an...

Children in Scotland today have the best dental health since records began, the Scottish government says.

The Liberal Democrat's chief whip in Europe, Chris Davies, has launched a scathing attack on David Cameron after he blocked an EU-wide treaty change to tackle the eurozone crisis.

by George Galloway Morning Star Shakespeare would have had little difficulty in scripting the drama unfolding on the European and global stage. The troupe of players from the political class have their “entrances and exits” until they reach this latest scene: a “second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.” Toothless, wilfully b...

Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, reacting to criticism by the CBI of the Government's decision to halve the subsidies for household solar electricity by next month, said: