“The real way we can be an anti-austerity party is having a strong economy, having sound public finances, backing great businesses…”
Yes, it really is spelt like that. Plus: I bet four candidates go through to the London Conservative Mayoral primary, and that Yvette Cooper is Labour’s next leader.
Why and how the Conservatives should work with the Lib Dems in this Parliament.
Plus: Zac Goldsmith tells me that he won’t stand in a by-election if the Heathrow decision fails to go his way.
Burnham cites decentralisation, Cooper Labour’s business relations, Kendall wants to wait until she’s won… and Corbyn doesn’t offer one.
Our readers may not be taking this entirely seriously.
Burnham is ahead, apparently – but that could just be because he’s comparatively the best-known.
Plus: Go, Corbyn, go! Go, Zac, go! Happy Birthday, IEA. Racism in America. Welfare in Britain. And: If Wellington had lost, we’d all be speaking French.
Also: SNP bid for Brexit veto rejected; Burnham and Kendall take their cases to Wales; and the Commons rejects full fiscal autonomy for Scotland.
Sky News provides at-a-glance crib sheets for the four people in the running to be the next Ed Miliband.
Modern Labourites fret about the purpose of the Left. It’s perfectly obvious, though – it’s all about control.
The Labour leadership contender was interviewed on the Marr Show earlier.
ConHome apologises to her for any damage caused.
“There is a degree of momentum, it seems, building up behind Liz Kendall which could put her in a position to challenge the man who seemed the runaway favourite.”
With so much real reform to pursue, it would be wrong to waste valuable time and political capital on battles the Government cannot win.