http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/21/wow-miliband-now-best-performing-leader/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/21/wow-miliband-now-best-performing-leader/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:04 +0000 Matt Chorley http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24393 Last month I blogged on how Ed Miliband was performing better, and his supporters would be looking for an uptick in his poll ratings. As the Labour party extended its lead over the Tories, there was still the feeling that this was an anti-government vote, and that Miliband was being out-polled by his party. In April, [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/21/wow-miliband-now-best-performing-leader/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 10:17:12 +0000 Leighton Vaughan Williams http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=24277 The declaration of support for gay marriage, recently articulated by President Obama, gratified some, astonished others, and drew both great praise and great condemnation. Was this a President demonstrating the moral courage to do what he believed right, or was it a political ploy driven by electoral expediency?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/05/17/is-obamas-support-for-gay-marriage-a-political-ploy-or-a-moral-choice/feed/ 4