Top videos of 2011: #3: Steve Coogan really dislikes the Daily Mail
Join Left Foot Forward as we look over the year that was, and count down our ten favourite videos of 2011… Steve Coogan was one of the unlikely heroes of the phone hacking saga, fighting vigorously...
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“Demonising the government”: Sue Marsh v Chris Grayling (and Emily Maitlis)
Disability campaigner Sue Marsh appeared on Newsnight last night to debate the education minister Chris Grayling – and, at times, the presenter Emily Maitlis as well. Explaining campaigners problems...
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We need to save manufacturing, but manufacturing won’t save us
Manufacturing is great. It offers decently-paid jobs to those who want to develop their skills, rather than spend their lives in front of a keyboard. In many ways it is less risky than finance as a...
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Employment minister Chris Grayling does not appear to understand his own...
On Wednesday, Westminster was rocked by a series of government defeats on its welfare reform bill in the House of Lords. The first, which came as a complete surprise to most observers, rejected the...
View ArticleNo turning back: Balls stays firm on cuts, pay, and the deficit
Ed Balls defended Labour’s new direction on the deficit last night, saying he would not make promises he couldn’t keep, stressing the need for pay restraint and insisting Labour could be trusted to...
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New report reveals “devastating evidence of systemic fraud within A4e”
. A leaked internal A4e document has revealed evidence of “systemic fraud” at the company. The document, obtained by the BBC, shows A4e staff “claiming for putting people into jobs which did not...
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WATCH: Krugman savages the austerians with embarrassing ease
. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman last night took apart the arguments of the austerians, clearly, forensically, brilliantly. He was debating Conservative donor Jon Moulton and Tory backbencher Andrea...
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Watch: Osborne’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy Chloe Smith gets Paxo’d
. Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again last night over the fuel duty u-turn, hung out to dry by George...
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Comment: A moment of truth for the BBC?
Ed Straw is the author of the forthcoming book ‘A Treaty For Government’ The BBC has had a glorious past: the world’s first broadcaster, setting high standards for production, honesty, and...
View ArticleVideo: Larry Summers nails austerity on Newsnight
Former United States secretary of the treasury Larry Summers gave George Osborne’s economic strategy something of a pasting on Newsnight last night. Watch and enjoy.
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Video: Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi completely and utterly wrong on Newsnight
TweetOn last night’s edition of Newsnight, presenter Victoria Derbyshire asked Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi about the government’s welfare policies and his own family’s experiences of living on...
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Left Foot Forward writer Duncan Weldon to be new Newsnight economics...
TweetCongratulations this Friday go to the Duncan Weldon, a Left Foot Forward contributor since 2009, who is joining BBC Newsnight as their economics correspondent. We wish him well and have no doubt...
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Daily Mail accuse Corbyn supporters of ‘launching an attack on the BBC’–...
Dominic Lawson used his column in the Daily Mail today to accuse ‘Corbynites’ of ‘howling at the BBC’and ‘launching an attack on it’. That sounds awfully familiar? The column, in response to ‘hat...
View ArticleWhy it’s time for the Institute of Economic Affairs to be pulled off air
As the Brexit saga rumbles on, many are still rightly aghast at the revelations that Vote Leave broke electoral law. The issue of how money can influence the political process and of how we can ensure...
View ArticleJournalists union: The BBC is facing an existential threat
The latest announcement from the BBC brings the total number of job losses proposed in the World Service, radio and News to more than 500. This amounts to an existential threat to the BBC at the same...
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New report reveals “devastating evidence of systemic fraud within A4e”
. A leaked internal A4e document has revealed evidence of “systemic fraud” at the company. The document, obtained by the BBC, shows A4e staff “claiming for putting people into jobs which did not...
View ArticleWATCH: Krugman savages the austerians with embarrassing ease
. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman last night took apart the arguments of the austerians, clearly, forensically, brilliantly. He was debating Conservative donor Jon Moulton and Tory backbencher Andrea...
View ArticleWatch: Osborne’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy’s deputy Chloe Smith gets Paxo’d
. Chloe Smith, who on her last appearance on Newsnight didn’t know the difference between deficit and debt, was humiliated again last night over the fuel duty u-turn, hung out to dry by George...
View ArticleComment: A moment of truth for the BBC?
Ed Straw is the author of the forthcoming book ‘A Treaty For Government’ The BBC has had a glorious past: the world’s first broadcaster, setting high standards for production, honesty, and...
View ArticleVideo: Larry Summers nails austerity on Newsnight
Former United States secretary of the treasury Larry Summers gave George Osborne’s economic strategy something of a pasting on Newsnight last night. Watch and enjoy.
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