Archive of articles from 2012

PMQs sketch: Ed 'muttering idiot' Balls is a maestro of irritation

The shadow chancellor never fails to wind up government MPs during PMQs

However much David Cameron may swat at the Balls bluebottle, he will never be able to squash the superbly annoying shadow chancellor.

PMQs as-it-happened

Review this week's action with politics.co.uk's live blog.

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Comment: PFI is dead, long live PFI

Nelson Ogunshakin: 'There appears to be a link between experience in PFI and the final cost to the taxpayer'

The public has lost faith in private finance initiatives (PFI). We need a new way of accessing private funding.

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Analysis: Labour's long and winding road to power

Gideon Skinner and James Stannard of Ipsos Mori

Ed Miliband's party still has some way to go to feel confident that they have completely regained the public's trust.

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Interview: Peter Facey and the long game of Lords reform

Peter Facey is director of Unlock Democracy

A century of failure on Lords reform isn't putting off Peter Facey, the director of campaigning group Unlock Democracy.

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Nick Clegg social mobility speech in full

Nick Clegg: 'We end up with entitlement at one end and exclusion at the other.'

Read Nick Clegg's speech on social mobility in full on politics.co.uk.

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Ed Miliband 'social mobility' speech in full

Ed Miliband: 'I am only standing here today because the British education system helped my dad break through barriers.'

Read Ed Miliband's full speech on social mobility in full on politics.co.uk.

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Comment: The coalition can no longer blame Labour for failure

Matthew Ashton: 'I've yet to hear anyone from the Conservative benches give a coherent explanation of what they'd have done particularly differently'

Osborne argues his failure is all Europe's fault - so surely the same should apply to Gordon Brown's government.

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The Week in Westminster: May 21 - 25

All the goings on next week in parliament.

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The week in review: Things go from bad to worse for the Tories

We are not quite at the point of Gordon-Brown-eating-his-own-fingers-off-in-the-Downing-Street-bunker, but it is visible from here.

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Comment: Social media, national security and privacy

Carl Miller: 'Social media intelligence could pay decisive dividends to public security and safety'

If the government is mature enough to approach social media respectfully, it can use it to bolster national security.

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Political Week on Twitter: May 13th - 18th

Heckled Cabinet ministers, a new president struck by lightning and trouble in the Tory party: just another week, then...

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Comment: Cameron sees political opportunity in the eurozone crisis

Ian Dunt: 'The speech dresses up Labour and Conservative economic differences not as policy distinctions, but as a national security issue'

The government is no longer about austerity. It is now about protecting Britain from the eurozone crisis.

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The Labour front bench in full

Your guide to the new look Labour front bench after Ed Miliband's mini-reshuffle.

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David Cameron 'make-up-or-break-up' eurozone speech in full

David Cameron: 'Since we took office two years ago, we have cut the deficit by more than a quarter.'

Read David Cameron's speech on the crisis in the eurozone in full on politics.co.uk.

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PMQs sketch: Miliband loses his winning streak

Cameron wins on points but no-one comes off particularly well on a lazy day in Westminster.

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PMQs as-it-happened

Prime minister's questions as it happens

Review our live blog as David Cameron and Ed Miliband lock horns at PMQs for the first time since the 2012 Queen's Speech.

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Comment: May treats us police officers with contempt

Julie Nesbit: 'We'd like to think our voices were actually being heard'

The police are being disrespected and the public are being put at risk. It's time for the government to do one of its U-turns.

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Nick Clegg 'pupil premium' speech in full

Nick Clegg: 'Our teachers are the key to an open and fair society; the key to the opportunity Britain I am determined we build.'

Read Nick Clegg's speech on the 'pupil premium' in full on politics.co.uk.

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Comment: Leveson shows need to limit media ownership

Matthew Ashton: 'Reducing the amount of the press in the hands of the few would help reduce their influence over government'

Press barons and corporations can't be allowed to hold so many media outlets.

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Ed Miliband Progress speech in full

Read Ed Miliband's controversial speech to Progress in full on politics.co.uk

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Comment: Criminology shows Rochdale abuse is not about race

Ewan Cameron: 'By focusing on race, we also run the risk of forgetting other well researched truths about sexual offending.'

The Rochdale men share much in common with sex offenders of all other ethnicities.

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Rebekah Brooks at Leveson as-it-happened

Rebekah Brooks at the height of the phone-hacking scandal which forced her resignation last summer

Review our live coverage of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks' evidence to the Leveson inquiry.

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The Week in Politics: Misery in the omnishambles

Fear and loathing: The government's misery in the omnishambles

Everywhere you look, the fates conspire against the government.

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The Political Week on Twitter: May 7th - 11th

The Political Week on Twitter: Coalition relaunch, Queen's Speech and LOL DC

It's been one of the busier weeks in politics, and the Twitterati has not been holding back. Here's our pick of the best tweets from the week the coalition rallied from an elections bashing with Cameron and Clegg's relaunch and a new legislative agenda.

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