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| Our most popular articles of the week, for your reading pleasure Five: BBC Debate: A bleak night for the Conservatives A throw-over from last week, when we were still assessing the effect of the so-called 'challengers' TV debate'. The underhand tactics employed by the Conservatives were on show throughout the week – not least when they pretended, seemingly with a straight face, that a Miliband speech on Libyan post-war planning involved him calling Cameron a murderer. But regardless of how the media interpreted the event, the polls remained as unchanged this week as they have been for months: both parties are on 33% or 34%. There's no sign of either building much of a lead before polling day. Four: Miliband is now most likely to be next prime minister We took a closer look at post-election outcomes and came to a conclusion which is gradually picking up support among political experts and journalists: even if he wins the most seats, Cameron is unlikely to remain prime minister. Whichever way you do the numbers, the centre-left grouping (get used to that sort of language) of Labour, the SNP, Plaid, the Greens, Respect and others is dominant. Under this assessment, Miliband becomes prime minister of a minority Labour government working some sort of arrangement with the SNP and others. How long he would remain prime minister in that scenario is another matter entirely. Three: You don't deal with Katie Hopkins by calling the police As news emerged of another tragedy in the Med, Britain's worst columnist, Katie Hopkins, wrote one of the most irresponsible pieces ever printed by a British newspaper. It is now subject to a legal challenge and condemnation from the UN. But in this column we argued that criminal charges are not an appropriate way to deal with Hopkins. Instead, pressure should be brought to bear on the Sun for publishing the piece. Two: Refugee crisis: Only take in Christians insists Nigel Farage Nigel Farage wasn't doing much better himself when assessing the result of the tragedy. Instead of expressing compassion about the deaths, he started separating out refugees on the basis of religion. He was at it again later in the week when expressing his preference for Indian and Australian immigrants over eastern Europeans. As usual, Farage acts as a symbol of political persuasion: people self-define by their opposition or support for him. One: Media sexism against Sturgeon shows how far our politics has to go Our top piece of the week looked at the media's treatment of SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, whose enemies in the media have adopted an unmistakably gendered tone when attacking her. It's all a long way from the TV debates, where women have stood opposite their male counter-parts in equal numbers and often outperformed them. But things on Fleet Street move slower than anywhere else in the country and it'll likely be a while longer before the press refrain from this sort of coverage. Best of the rest...Cameron bears responsibility for migrant boat deaths – but Miliband isn't brave enough to say it The UK supported end of search-and-rescue operations which led to hundreds drowning in the Mediterranean Cervical cancer: Does the smear age need to be lowered? A change in the rules to start smear tests at 25, rather than 20, could be leaving more young women without treatment Comment: The death which shows the human cost of Farage's health tourism rhetoric Dalton Messam was so scared of doctors asking for his papers, that he refused to visit a hospital. His death is the latest human price of our hysterical rhetoric around health tourism Afghan deportations cancelled at last minute ahead of possible UK policy change A charter flight full of deportees to Afghanistan was cancelled late last night, after lawyers won a last-minute reprieve for the people on board This isn't a migrant rescue plan – it's an EU border-control plan The EU stamps on its own reputation for human rights with a response to the migrant boat deaths which focuses on border control, not search-and-rescue Comment: Your vote doesn't count - we need open primaries With over the half the constituencies in Britain classified as 'safe seats', it's time we opened up the candidate selection process to the public Comment: Saudis are using UK weapons against the people of Yemen UK and US political and military support is facilitating a bloody war in Yemen - and our relationship with Saudi Arabia is at the heart of it | An expanded Heathrow would take Wales furtherEvery part of Britain is set to gain from an increased aviation hub capacity if the right decision is made – especially Wales. RSPCA - urgent #homesforhorses appeal launchedCharity received more than 22,000 calls in 2014 as horse crisis continues. London Oratory School in High Court challenge to School Adjudicator's ruling on discriminatory admissions policyOn Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the High Court will hear whether one of the country's leading state secondary schools has been selecting its pupils on ethnic and socio-economic grounds in its admissions policy, the BHA can reveal. Older women with breast cancer not receiving best care and treatmentDiana Jupp: "It is unacceptable that, in 2015, a breast cancer patient does not get the best care and treatment simply because of how old they are". Government waives planning permission for commercial rooftop solarBarrier for solar rooftops up to 1MW first raised by the STA over a year ago falls away. |
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