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London MPs attack BBC for inviting party leader onto Question Time

22.10.09
London MPs today led a furious backlash against the BBC for inviting the BNP onto Question Time... more

Griffin predicts Question Time will put BNP into 'the big time'

22.10.09
BNP leader Nick Griffin predicts that tonight's Question Time would be 'political blood sport' but said it could propel his party into 'the big time'... more

BBC pledges to censor BNP leader’s racist claims

22.10.09
BBC scrambles to reassure the public that BNP leader Nick Griffin will not be allowed to use his Question Time debut to incite racial hatred... more

Getting balance right between free speech and censorship

21.10.09
Media analysis: It is recognised, except by the most fundamentalist of libertarians, that the exercise of free speech carries with it certain responsibilities... more

Army generals condemn BNP for 'hijacking' military images

20.10.09
Former military heavyweights joined forces to warn that the Armed Forces were in danger of being hijacked by far right groups... more

BBC Trust reviews BNP leader's invite to Question Time

20.10.09
BBC's governing body is to review the decision to allow BNP leader Nick Griffin to appear on Question Time... more

Crack down on the teen gun gangs

19.10.09
Our report today on gun crime among young London gangs reveals worrying trends. The number of guns seized in the first seven months of this year - almost 1,000 - was the same as for the whole of 2002... more

BNP attacks non-white Question Time panellists

19.10.09
BNP attacks the two non-white panellists due to appear alongside Nick Griffin on the BBC's Question Time on Thursday... more

Don't ban the BNP - even racists deserve a debate

19.10.09
"It's free-speech controversy week," quipped one civil libertarian to me. He wasn't wrong... more

The BNP do not deserve a place in this debate

14.10.09
Tell me it is a bad joke, please. The BBC, bastion of ethical values, has invited into its bed the British National Party, an avowedly racist organisation with a fascist pedigree... more

Britain is not like Baltimore

26.08.09
It's being so cheerful as keeps them going. The Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Grayling says parts of Britain are indistinguishable from The Wire, the blood-soaked cop drama set among the lowlife of Baltimore... more

Brown ‘losing grip’ as Labour critics avoid punishment

03.08.09
Gordon Brown faced claims government discipline is breaking down after refusing to reprimand a Cabinet minister and a ministerial aide who went off-message... more

Brown 'losing grip' as Labour critics avoid punishment

03.08.09
Gordon Brown faced claims government discipline is breaking down after refusing to reprimand a Cabinet minister and a ministerial aide who went off-message... more

Strike threat forces Darling to retreat over public pay freeze

06.07.09
Alistair Darling doused fears of a pay freeze after a furious reaction from trade union leaders... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Darling’s all boxed in – and his party’s lust for power is to blame

22.04.09
Whatever tricks the Chancellor attempts today, he can’t solve the mess we’re in – which is the result of the gaping hole at the heart of New Labour where principle and idealism should have been... more

New Labour is dead – but who will lead the fightback?

11.03.09
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Labour members back higher taxes on rich

09.03.09
Gordon Brown faced fresh Labour tensions as a poll found party members overwhelmingly favour heavier taxes on the rich... more

Unions to ambush Brown over Royal Mail sell-off

27.02.09
Gordon Brown is facing an ambush from furious Labour and trade union chiefs over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson's "snake-oil salesman" plans to par-privatise Royal Mail... more

Ministers told: Stop blackmailing post workers over sell-off

24.02.09
Ministers were warned not to try to "blackmail" postal workers into supporting part-privatisation of the Royal Mail... more

Vaz: Extremists are misusing jobs slogan

03.02.09
Labour tensions over the foreign workers row erupted again after one of Labour's most senior black MPs slapped down Gordon Brown's slogan of "British jobs for British workers"... more

Nuclear plants shut by mass strikes over foreign workers

02.02.09
Two nuclear power plants were hit by wildcat strikes over foreign workers... more

Hain ‘sorry’ for donation error

26.01.09
Former Cabinet minister Peter Hain has apologised “unreservedly” to the Commons for failing to declare donations... more

Hain guilty over failure to register £130,000 donations

22.01.09
Peter Hain's chances of a Cabinet comeback were shattered after he was found guilty of failing to register more than £100,000 of donations to his Labour deputy leadership campaign... more

Comeback hope after Hain is cleared over £100,000 late donation

05.12.08
Britain's election laws were in disarray after prosecutors said no charges would be brought against ex-Cabinet minister Peter Hain in a late donations row... more

Brown ready for showdown with rebels after Kelly leak

25.09.08
Gordon Brown is preparing for a showdown with rebel Labour MPs on the day the Commons returns from its summer break... more

Sian Lloyd celebrates her 50th by dressing up in leather for a sexy Madonna tribute

07.07.08
Sian Lloyd gets into the groove with a tribute to Madonna in the year Both turn 50. The weather presenter celebrated her birthday on 3rd July and the Queen of Pop turns 50 on 16th August.... more

Brown's relaunch scuppered by Labour disarray

30.06.08
Gordon Brown's attempts to revive his fortunes with a landmark overhaul of the National Health Service was overshadowed by new Labour disarray... more

Brown in clear over donations as Yard focus on Labour staff

26.06.08
Scotland Yard has completed its probe into Labour's £700,000 hidden donations scandal - and appears to have cleared Gordon Brown... more

Gordon has got it right when it comes to culture

27.02.08
The Government's pronouncements on the arts raise as many questions as answers, but they also signal a welcome change.... more

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