Month: December 2010

Ok, apart from politically, that is (er, we lost a general election and things are looking a bit ropey for Labour right now). But momentous it certainly has been. And sorry for giving you 2 posts in 24 hours but, in marked contrast, at The Centre Left – and we don’t like to crow –… Continue reading What a year it’s been

You can certainly find argued, by far better-qualified commentators than I – Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman, to name but two – that Tory economic policy is wrong-headed, dogmatic and bad for the country. That said, I now have to admit to something which rather pains me. Yes, I have misjudged George Osborne as a… Continue reading Osborne is right (but no, not on economics)

Yesterday’s main news was Italian President Silvio Berlusconi narrowly surviving a confidence vote in Rome’s Chamber of Deputies. Despite numerous reasons why he should be thrown out (not to mention, many would say, impeached), perhaps one of the clinching reasons for his survival was his claim that his country needed “continuity”, subtext for: Italy’s in… Continue reading Cameron’s three Euro fig-leaves