The story's here. Stuart's already said that he'll appeal the decision. Here at Coffee House we wish him all the best with that. However, by all accounts, the Government is going to complete ratification of the Lisbon Treaty - before hearing the outcome of any such appeal.
It’s the big vote on the Planning Bill today. As seems to be the way of things at the moment, the Government has made last minute changes to placate angry back benchers threatening a bit of laldy, as they say in Scotland.
The most controversial part of the Bill is the creation of an Independent Planning Commission (IPC) to take all the big decisions on major infrastructure projects. Detractors say this is undemocratic. I happen to agree with the CBI’s John Cridland, when he asked the Today Programme this morning: why, if we trust the experts of the...
James may have linked to it earlier, but this ICM poll in today's Guardian deserves its own post. It puts the Tories on 45 points (up 4 from last month); Labour on 25 points (down 2); and the Lib Dems on 20 points (down 2). That's another record lead for the Tories. Another record low for Labour. And, as the Guardian points out, that 5 point divide between Labour and the Lib Dems is “the narrowest gap on record”.
The numbers also give Brown a personal battering. On average, his performance as...
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What is most remarkable about the descent of Gordon Brown is that the voters have never even hinted at giving him a second chance. Ever since the debacle of the election that never was Brown and Labour’s ratings have moved downwards at a pretty rapid clip. We are now at a point where 74 percent of voters think he is a change for the worse from Blair and the Labour party is in some danger of being overtaken by the Liberal Democrats in the polls.
There is one very simple, overlooked reason...
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