You’re Being Misled

Tim Johnston (16/02/10)
Since Gordon Brown took office as Prime Minister in 2007, he has faced an enormous amount of pressure to show not just what policies he wishes to implement but, and for many people (most importantly) he has come under a great deal of pressure to show his “personality” – to show the public [...]

Labour’s Uphill Struggle

Richard Cressey (17/11/09)
Labour’s victory in Glasgow North-East last week was a symbolic, if expected, triumph in a constituency among the most deprived in the country. For all the talk of a ‘negative’ campaign, a 7,000 majority is clearly a ringing endorsement of Labour’s record. However, elections are not won on past achievements, which is why [...]

Hot on the Sun: Labour and that headline.

Richard Cressey  16/10/09
The Sun is the UK’s most popular (by circulation) daily newspaper, reaching over three million people each day. Whatever people think of it as a journalistic institution, it is undoubtedly part of the national makeup and it has been suggested that it can even decide the fate of elections.  What does this mean for the [...]