Tag: Alistair Darling
A question of morals for the ‘golden oldies’ of Project Fear
Commentary by Derek Bateman
It’s Golden Oldies time for Better Together…with two giants of Project Fear demonstrating their moral credentials in the same week.
First Alistair...
Tax credits saved at a stroke: cut benefits to the wealthy
As Chancellor Osborne prepares to unveil a new "benefit savings" proposal, Russell Bruce presents a costed alternative
George Osborne has to find savings of...
Despite the rhetoric, Labour remains a long way from re-discovering its...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
If Labour has rediscovered its soul, is it time to ask why it lost its voice in the indyref? How is...
SNP balancing act as leadership copes with membership expectations
Commentary by Hugh Kerr
The SNP conference is taking place in Aberdeen next weekend. On the face of it, this will likely be a loyalist...
As Osborne turns on the poor, Labour spin doctor turns on...
By G.A.Ponsonby
There is no shortage of opinion pieces and articles on George Osborne's budget. Every newspaper, blog and broadcaster is doing it to death. ...
Osborne: friend of the well off and maker of ‘secret’ millionaires
Russell Bruce argues that tax allowances on savings should help the many and not just the few
Lord Ashcroft's national polls have not shown any...
Treasury chief Macpherson rapped for abandoning civil service impartiality
Report by Thomas Connolly
The head of the Treasury has had his knuckles rapped by a House of Commons select committee for his admitted bias...
The legend of Gordon Brown
Analysis by Maurice Smith
At the height of the independence campaign, as Gordon Brown paced the stage during his carefully-choreographed interventions, my attention was drawn...