http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/the-lesso-of-history-inflation-is-not-todays-danger/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/the-lesso-of-history-inflation-is-not-todays-danger/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:36:52 +0000 Glen OHara http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32538 The labour rigidities of the late 1960s are a thing of the past, and the hire and fire culture of the early twentieth century is if anything tilted rather too far towards the "rights" of employers rather than workers]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/14/the-lesso-of-history-inflation-is-not-todays-danger/feed/ 5 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/what-never-mr-cameron/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/what-never-mr-cameron/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:20:11 +0000 Andy McSmith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=31410 "I've never broken the law," David Cameron claimed at Prime Minister's Questions. Not "I've never broken the law in this regard..."]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/01/09/what-never-mr-cameron/feed/ 4 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/16/british-army-tells-lonely-hearts-he-may-have-told-you-he-was-a-soldier-and-run-off-with-your-money-but-hes-nothing-to-do-with-us/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/16/british-army-tells-lonely-hearts-he-may-have-told-you-he-was-a-soldier-and-run-off-with-your-money-but-hes-nothing-to-do-with-us/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:56:30 +0000 Brian Brady http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29986 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/16/british-army-tells-lonely-hearts-he-may-have-told-you-he-was-a-soldier-and-run-off-with-your-money-but-hes-nothing-to-do-with-us/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/child-abuse-rochdale-mp-calls-for-the-truth-about-sir-cyril-smith/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/child-abuse-rochdale-mp-calls-for-the-truth-about-sir-cyril-smith/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:29:37 +0000 Brian Brady http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29831 His name has been hanging around on the fringes of the child abuse row for several weeks, but Sir Cyril Smith has finally become the latest public figure to be hauled into the story, after police were urged to reveal details of investigations into allegations that the former Liberal MP mistreated boys at a hostel [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/12/child-abuse-rochdale-mp-calls-for-the-truth-about-sir-cyril-smith/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/10/get-eu-r-tanks-off-our-lawn-cameron-opens-up-new-front-against-eu-power-grabbing/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/10/get-eu-r-tanks-off-our-lawn-cameron-opens-up-new-front-against-eu-power-grabbing/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:04:34 +0000 Brian Brady http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29825 Hard to believe for those emboldened Tory Eurosceptics calling for a more robust approach to the European Union, but David Cameron is standing up to the EU in some parts of the world. The Prime Minister is fighting a secret battle against EU attempts to take more of the UK’s national powers back to Brussels, internal [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/10/get-eu-r-tanks-off-our-lawn-cameron-opens-up-new-front-against-eu-power-grabbing/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/05/bonkers-whistling-cop-is-viral-star-of-the-democratic-national-convention/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/05/bonkers-whistling-cop-is-viral-star-of-the-democratic-national-convention/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:30:23 +0000 Guy Adams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28214 Forget Michelle, Bill, Barack, and a certain raspberry-coloured dress. The most memorable spectacle at the DNC so far is a marathon effort by the sheriff’s deputy stationed on Tryon Street in Charlotte, a stone’s throw from the convention hall.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/05/bonkers-whistling-cop-is-viral-star-of-the-democratic-national-convention/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/04/the-democrats-celebrate-jimmy-carter-but-not-for-the-cameras/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/04/the-democrats-celebrate-jimmy-carter-but-not-for-the-cameras/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:26:51 +0000 Guy Adams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28181 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/04/the-democrats-celebrate-jimmy-carter-but-not-for-the-cameras/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/27/hard-up-tories-dont-have-the-cash-to-fight-clegg-in-sheffield/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/27/hard-up-tories-dont-have-the-cash-to-fight-clegg-in-sheffield/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:14:47 +0000 Matt Chorley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26884 Nick Clegg’s demise may have been exaggerated. Many have predicted he will lose his Sheffield Hallam seat at the next election, prompting speculation that he would bail out early and head for Brussels.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/27/hard-up-tories-dont-have-the-cash-to-fight-clegg-in-sheffield/feed/ 15 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/will-olympic-brand-police-plough-camerons-front-garden/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/will-olympic-brand-police-plough-camerons-front-garden/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:08:24 +0000 Matt Chorley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26779 I don't go in for the Olympic cynicicsm. Frankly I think it will be brilliant. But there seems to be a streak in the organisers determined to wind people up - no Pepsi t-shirts, high beer prices, bans on small businesses having Games-themed promotions (my favourite was the Devon hog roast dubbed the Olympig).]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/will-olympic-brand-police-plough-camerons-front-garden/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/miliband-enjoys-another-summer-poll-boost/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/miliband-enjoys-another-summer-poll-boost/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:36:53 +0000 Matt Chorley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26746 One other thing which I found striking was the extent to which Clegg and Cameron’s highs and lows appear to mirror each other in the last year]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/24/miliband-enjoys-another-summer-poll-boost/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ed-miliband-and-britains-anti-immigrant-backlash/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ed-miliband-and-britains-anti-immigrant-backlash/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:42:18 +0000 Owen Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25604 The politics behind Ed Miliband’s long-awaited speech on immigration are pretty straightforward. Polling – and Labour activists’ experience on the doorstep – suggest that immigration remains a big concern for large numbers of working-class voters. Unless Labour engages with a conversation going on in ‘every kitchen’, as Ed Miliband puts it, the [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ed-miliband-and-britains-anti-immigrant-backlash/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/16/scottish-police-racist-ask-the-fing-english-bs-they-work-with/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/16/scottish-police-racist-ask-the-fing-english-bs-they-work-with/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:33:33 +0000 Brian Brady http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25369 Claims of racism within UK police forces continue to provoke anxiety, 13 years since the Macpherson report, and with fresh allegations against Metropolitan Police officers in recent months. The Independent on Sunday last month produced a disturbing analysis showing that complaints of racism made against British police officers have more than doubled in the past [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/16/scottish-police-racist-ask-the-fing-english-bs-they-work-with/feed/ 12