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"As Miliband's great hero Engels almost put it, an ounce of Tory action is worth a ton of Labour theory" Tory conference: Boris and Theresa Bricking news: Boris fails to steal the show Boris Johnson's buffoonery finally met its match at the Conservative party conference this year. It turns out waving a brick around and cracking jokes is no match for a hardline approach against extremism. Could Theresa May's 'extremism Asbo' ban the Socialist Workers Party? Severe new legal sanctions could include Communists, anti-abortion groups and Christian preachers Justice and the law Comment: Human rights law protects us against ministers like Grayling No wonder Chris Grayling wants to tear up the Human Rights Act. The law just gets in his way. Osborne conference speech Osborne unveils brutal new cuts for working age Brits George Osborne ratchets up severity of his austerity programme, with a promise to introduce £25 billion of new cuts in the next parliament Pain, poverty and the cold, hard sound of Tory applause The applause was as hard-edged as George Osborne's smile. Even after all these years, he still hasn't learned how to look convincingly happy. And the Conservatives like him all the more for it. Osborne's vision of the future is worthy of a Terminator movie Osborne must now be considered the most divisive chancellor in modern British political history	Advertise your job vacancies here Largest lenders in 2013: the top 20 Today, we publish data showing the most active mortgage lenders in 2013. ABI publishes 'UK Insurance Key Facts 2014 Insurers paying out in excess of £450 million every day to UK customers – ABI publishes ‘UK Insurance Key Facts 2014’. Engineering dominates top ten graduate starting salaries Students graduating from engineering courses are likely to be amongst the highest graduate earners, according to The Times Good University Guide 2015. Guidance at retirement should cover mortgages, CML says We are urging that government plans to introduce free guidance for those about to retire should explicitly refer to outstanding debts, including mortgages. NASUWT comments on Ofsted's pupils behaviour report Chris Keates: 'The Chief Inspector is, as usual, talking nonsense to suggest that teachers accept poor behaviour from pupils or are failing to address it'. Lenders welcome government commitment on flooding insurance We welcome government measures seeking to ensure that people in areas at risk of flooding are able to afford adequate insurance cover for their homes.

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"The option of taxing your way out of the deficit no longer exists if it ever did" Osborne conference speech Osborne unveils brutal new cuts for working age Brits George Osborne ratchets up severity of his austerity programme, with a promise to introduce £25 billion of new cuts in the next parliament Pain, poverty and the cold, hard sound of Tory applause The applause was as hard-edged as George Osborne's smile. Even after all these years, he still hasn't learned how to look convincingly happy. And the Conservatives like him all the more for it. Osborne's vision of the future is worthy of a Terminator movie Osborne must now be considered the most divisive chancellor in modern British political history Elsewhere... Comment: Miliband has run out of excuses for opposing an EU referendum With powers being sent to Scotland, Miliband can't keep refusing Brits a say on the EU Comment: How bureaucrats strangled the night-time economy A thriving night-time economy is being killed off by police and local government	Advertise your job vacancies here Largest lenders in 2013: the top 20 Today, we publish data showing the most active mortgage lenders in 2013. ABI publishes 'UK Insurance Key Facts 2014 Insurers paying out in excess of £450 million every day to UK customers – ABI publishes ‘UK Insurance Key Facts 2014’. Engineering dominates top ten graduate starting salaries Students graduating from engineering courses are likely to be amongst the highest graduate earners, according to The Times Good University Guide 2015. Guidance at retirement should cover mortgages, CML says We are urging that government plans to introduce free guidance for those about to retire should explicitly refer to outstanding debts, including mortgages. NASUWT comments on Ofsted's pupils behaviour report Chris Keates: 'The Chief Inspector is, as usual, talking nonsense to suggest that teachers accept poor behaviour from pupils or are failing to address it'. Lenders welcome government commitment on flooding insurance We welcome government measures seeking to ensure that people in areas at risk of flooding are able to afford adequate insurance cover for their homes.

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Week in Review: Time runs out for Ed Miliband - Politics.co.uk

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To say that Ed Miliband has had his detractors is an understatement. For the press, he was neither telegenic nor centrist enough. They wrote him off before he was even a candidate. For many Labour members – in so far as they still exist - he simply seemed less of a winner than his elder brother. But even with everyone gunning for him, Miliband maintained a rump of support in the press and among party members. Beneath the various inadequacies, there was at least a genuinely interesting intellectual underpinning to what he did. And the image of him as weak, adopted as the preferred attack by Tory HQ, simply did not stand up to scrutiny: he showed more courage in standing up the Murdoch press than David Cameron had in his entire time as leader of the Conservatives. On Tuesday, when Miliband made his keynote speech at the Labour party conference, his time ran out. I counted one supporter in the press – the Mirror's Kevin Maguire - and even that was couched in defensive tones. Those on the right felt vindicated and confident. For those on the left, the speech indicated that the only victory Labour could score in 2015 was a limp, stuttering one, without energy or passion. This was his last speech before the election, but it was vague and aimless. It had no big vision for Britain, no big policies to inspire voters and no real intellectual through-line, apart from a flimsy reliance on 'togetherness', which he distractingly referred to with the ugly construction of 'together is…' Miliband himself looked odd and false, his habit of calling the audience "friends" becoming more grating by the moment. He managed to forget his lines on immigration and the deficit. For even his most supportive fans, it was a revealing omission. He peppered the speech with inane stories about the people he had met, in what appeared to be a bid to humanise him. If so, it spectacularly backfired. There are plenty of people willing to write him off at every moment, no matter what he does. Miliband deserves better than that. But this time did feel different. He spent the time looking forward to an eight month job interview, but actually it felt like the end of the interview. This was the day those still willing to go out to bat for him couldn’t find a reason to do so. It came at the end of a Labour conference which was noticeably lethargic and dead, especially after the frenzied historic drama of the Scottish campaign. Anyone hoping Miliband might map out how to revitalise a country which is plainly so ill-at-ease with itself would have been sorely mistaken. Such ideas as did exist were inadequate or wrong. For some time this website has pointed out that, despite the relentless negativity of the right-leaning press, Labour is on course to win the next election, albeit probably as the largest party in a hung parliament. That remains the case. The polls, the bookies and the electoral arithmetic suggest anti-Tory sentiment will see Miliband sleepwalk into power. But that's now what we're dealing with: a sleepwalk. One struggles to remember an opposition which inspired such little confidence while being ahead in the polls. Best of news London cycling lanes face opposition from Transport for London Senior figures at Transport for London (TfL) believe Boris Johnson is trying to rush through his plans for segregated cycle lanes in London too quickly, Politics.co.uk can reveal Cameron says Queen 'purred' after 'No' vote David Cameron has been caught revealing the Queen "purred down the line" after being informed Scotland had voted to remain in the United Kingdom. English home rule: Cameron U-turn leaves Miliband exposed Sometimes U-turns are well worth it. The prime minister has dropped his insistence on linking Scotland's package of post-referendum devolution to comparable changes in England. Best of Comment and Analysis Comment: Beware our allies against Isis Our alliance with Saudi Arabia against Isis is symptomatic of the moral relativism and short-termism which defines our approach to the Middle East Comment: Returning jihadists need rehab – not jail If we're serious about security, we'll separate those we can help from those we can't Early indications say Morton Hall death was suicide Early reports suggest the death of a detainee in Morton Hall was the result of suicide, Politics.co.uk understands Immigrant stories: The detention centre guard Speaking anonymously, a guard in one of Britain's detention centres tells of the brutal reality of life away from prying eyes Thin-skinned anti-racist protestors shut down an anti-racist exhibit The cancellation of the Barbican's Exhibit B event last night marks a new low for censorship in Britain Scottish devolution timetable: Can Westminster keep its promises? There's already two broken promises, and counting, in the Westminster party leaders' Scottish devolution timetable Comment: Chris Grayling has been taught he's not above the law The high court has ruled Grayling's legal aid reforms to be illegal, in a devastating blow for the justice secretary It's that man again: Blair wants ground troops sent into Iraq Tony Blair is calling for "boots on the ground" in the fight against an enemy he judges to be a threat to western security in Iraq. It sounds familiar - but this time the former prime minister might have a point.	Advertise your job vacancies here Largest lenders in 2013: the top 20 Today, we publish data showing the most active mortgage lenders in 2013. ABI publishes 'UK Insurance Key Facts 2014 Insurers paying out in excess of £450 million every day to UK customers – ABI publishes ‘UK Insurance Key Facts 2014’. Engineering dominates top ten graduate starting salaries Students graduating from engineering courses are likely to be amongst the highest graduate earners, according to The Times Good University Guide 2015. Guidance at retirement should cover mortgages, CML says We are urging that government plans to introduce free guidance for those about to retire should explicitly refer to outstanding debts, including mortgages. NASUWT comments on Ofsted's pupils behaviour report Chris Keates: 'The Chief Inspector is, as usual, talking nonsense to suggest that teachers accept poor behaviour from pupils or are failing to address it'. Lenders welcome government commitment on flooding insurance We welcome government measures seeking to ensure that people in areas at risk of flooding are able to afford adequate insurance cover for their homes.

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"One of the reasons Isis is so well armed and dangerous is because of the short-termism at the heart of UK and US foreign policy" Isis debate Comment: Beware our allies against Isis Our alliance with Saudi Arabia against Isis is symptomatic of the moral relativism and short-termism which defines our approach to the Middle East Comment: Returning jihadists need rehab – not jail If we're serious about security, we'll separate those we can help from those we can't Comment: Bombs will just radicalise more British Muslims A campaign of vilification in the media and bombing overseas have helped radicalise British Muslims Morton Hall Early indications say Morton Hall death was suicide Early reports suggest the death of a detainee in Morton Hall was the result of suicide, Politics.co.uk understands	Advertise your job vacancies here Largest lenders in 2013: the top 20 Today, we publish data showing the most active mortgage lenders in 2013. ABI publishes 'UK Insurance Key Facts 2014 Insurers paying out in excess of £450 million every day to UK customers – ABI publishes ‘UK Insurance Key Facts 2014’. Engineering dominates top ten graduate starting salaries Students graduating from engineering courses are likely to be amongst the highest graduate earners, according to The Times Good University Guide 2015. Guidance at retirement should cover mortgages, CML says We are urging that government plans to introduce free guidance for those about to retire should explicitly refer to outstanding debts, including mortgages. NASUWT comments on Ofsted's pupils behaviour report Chris Keates: 'The Chief Inspector is, as usual, talking nonsense to suggest that teachers accept poor behaviour from pupils or are failing to address it'. Lenders welcome government commitment on flooding insurance We welcome government measures seeking to ensure that people in areas at risk of flooding are able to afford adequate insurance cover for their homes.

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