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| Politics.co.uk's five most-read articles this week, for your reading pleasure. 5. Why is Stella Creasy running for deputy leader? She should have the top job Is anyone not running for Labour leader? Actually yes, as it turns out. Not only has frontrunner Chuka Umunna dropped out today, but rising star Stella Creasy has also ruled herself out for the top job. The influential campaigning Labour MP is currently being touted as a potential deputy leader. However Politics.co.uk contributor Thomas Byrne believes Creasy is being far too modest in her ambitions as do many of our readers. Why hold back Stella? 4. Farage's fake promise to quit shows he's as slippery as any politician Both Nigel Farage and his party fell far short of their pre-election hype in this years' general election. Farage's defeat in South Thanet and his subsequent failure to fulfil his promise to stand down has left him looking both slippery and vulnerable to attack. As a result we have seen what looks vey much like a coup by senior members of Farage's party in recent days. At the time of writing, that coup seems to be fizzling out and the Farage bandwagon looks set to rumble on for another few days at least. Ukip if you want to, but Farage is not for kipping. 3. Theresa May's plans are a threat to British values While Ukip tear themselves apart and the Labour party descend into months of navel-gazing, the Conservatives are just starting to get used to the idea of governing alone. Without the Liberal Democrats to hold them back, all the signs are that this government is set to be a far more right-wing and authoritarian than anything we've seen over the past five years. Plans to scrap the Human Rights Act are top of their agenda as are plans for worryingly wide-ranging anti-extremism legislation. Home secretary Theresa May says these new laws are needed to protect "British values". We say it is precisely laws like these which threaten those values. 2. The real reason the Tories won and Labour lost Much of the analysis of last week's general election has focused on whether Labour were seen as either too left or right wing. While always tempting to have that argument, it misses the main reasons why Labour fell so far short. In the end it wasn't their policies that were the problem but the fact the public simply didn't trust either Ed Miliband or his party to implement them. This combined with decades of complacency towards Labour supporters and a vague and confusing election message meant the public had little real reason to be excited about the prospect of another Labour government. In the end it wasn't shy Tories that won it, but unconvinced Labour supporters that lost it. 1. Michael Gove's plans for longer school days rejected Every now and then an article from our archive will go viral for no apparent reason. Quite why our report from last year on former education secretary Michael Gove's hopes to extend the school day, attracted your attention we're not sure. Whatever it was, we're happy to help. Have a good weekend. Best of the rest...Labour split over union influence in London mayoral election Leading candidates face interviews with Labour's biggest union backers Ukip in meltdown as senior figures call on Nigel Farage to quit Ukip leader faces biggest threat to his leadership Comment: Tory housing plans will not tackle the housing crisis Does out obsession with homeownership risk damaging the economy? Comment: The world must act to end the abuse of children in war zones Evidence emerges of child abuse by UN peacekeepers Labour's London mayoral hopes aren't as good as they seem Mayoral rivals seek to play down Labour's chances of taking back City Hall Comment: Labour needs to get over the TB-GBs Even after all these years, an old and irrelevant division still splits the Labour party Comment: Gove's intelligence will make him a very different justice secretary to Grayling Grayling and Gove share qualities, but at least the new justice secretary addresses his critics' complaints Until Labour becomes democratic, it doesn't deserve your membership Labour could turn itself into a grassroots movement channeling the passion of potential supporters - but its control freakery stops it even trying Blairism offers no hope for Labour Blairism created Labour's problems with the SNP and Ukip, it cannot solve them | 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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