Archive of April 2015
Party policies at a glance
Our simple guide to the main five political parties
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Climate change: The election's most ignored issue
What do the 2015 manifestos reveal of parties' plans to tackle emissions, restore nature or use precious natural resources more wisely? Here's a run-down of their highs and lows.
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Comment: A deal with the DUP could threaten the Northern Ireland peace process
What impact would a deal between the UK government and unionist parties have?
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Comment: Is it time to dump opinion polls?
The permanently running firehose of opinions polls aren't helping us get better at data.
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The fight in Wales: Plaid can't match the SNP's strength – but it can help lock out Cameron
Welsh nationalists have none of the strength of the SNP - but they could still prove decisive in the post-election chaos to come
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The fight to stop London becoming a city for the rich
New grassroots movements demanding affordable housing want more from politicians than empty words
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Two clues to the Tories' post-election plans
Questioning the legitimacy of a Labour-SNP government and sketching out the draft of a Tory Queen's Speech: it feels a lot like we're picking up the first clues about what will happen in the critical days after May 7th. And all the indications are it won't be very pretty.
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Comment: Who will look after victims now Grayling has privatised probation?
The probation services have lost most of their case work to private firms - but no-one talks about what happened to their responsibilities to victims.
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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
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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
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Comment: Labour's police commissioner gamble could prove less popular than it thinks
The public don't like police commissioners - but that doesn't mean they'll understand Labour's frantic attempt to get rid of them
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Comment: Migrant boats show us the true desperation of refugees
The only solution to the migrant boat crisis is empathy
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Comment: This election's Trident debate should be about more than just symbolism
The profile of Britain's nuclear future has been far greater than expected
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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
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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
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The 2015 campaign has reached its watershed moment
Midway through the general election campaign, both Labour and the Conservatives are changing their tactics – and it's a triumph for voters.
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BBC Debate: Sturgeon spoke up for Scotland
The SNP's first minister did extremely well in the challengers' TV debate.
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Comment: This year's election soundtracks won't win many votes
Maybe with the right soundtrack you can garner a few extra votes and burnish the brand. But listening to their selections, you doubt it.
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Nick Clegg manifesto speech in full
Read Nick Clegg's speech launching the Liberal Democrats 2015 manifesto, in full and unedited
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Comment: Right to Buy might win votes – but it will make the housing crisis worse
New Tory policy undermines the welfare state, alienates private renters and contradicts previous Conservative messages.
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David Cameron manifesto speech in full
Read David Cameron's speech launching the Tory party manifesto for 2015, in full and unedited
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Ed Miliband manifesto speech in full
Ed Miliband's speech to accompany his 2015 manifesto, in full and unedited
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Vote-swapping: A new way to kick the Tories out of power
In ordinary circumstances votes, like wives, are not casually swapped around. But that appears to be changing in 2015, as a group of determinedly anti-Tory activists encourage left-leaning types to switch sides.
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Comment: Jailing social workers is a political PR stunt
Putting social workers in prison is not only unhelpful – it's not going to happen, either.
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Comment: Intermarriage is the acid test for migrant integration
If Britain is to integrate migrants, an element of cultural exchange - including intermarriage - is a virtual necessity.
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