Sarah Teather
Sarah Teather dents the Coalition’s unity message by announcing her benefits rebellion
Coupled with Lord Strathclyde’s resignation over the way the Coalition worked in the House of Lords, Sarah Teather’s announcement that she will rebel against the government tomorrow is extremely poor… Continue reading
27 CommentsThe new premium on Lib Dem policies
Could it be an accident of timing that the government, in the shape of Sarah Teather, is announcing an expansion of the pupil premium today? Or is it part of… Continue reading
23 CommentsClegg’s chance to lead by example
Nick Clegg will deliver his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat conference later this afternoon. It has been substantially trailed this morning, despite competing for airtime with Nick Robinson’s story… Continue reading
4 CommentsGold, Jerry, Gold
Some politician shouldn’t try stand-up comedy. Sarah Teather is one of those politicians.
6 CommentsDon’t mention education reform
A new rule seems to have been adopted at Lib Dem conference: don’t mention Academies. The coalition’s greatest single success story – something David Laws and Michael Gove agreed on… Continue reading
16 CommentsTeather pledges to double the pupil premium
Assorted acolytes from the teaching unions are padding around the Lib Dem conference, fomenting discontent around activists who are opposed to the coalition’s adoption of academies and free schools. Officials… Continue reading
15 CommentsClegg vs Clegg
As the Lib Dem conference approaches, we can expect some briefing from their spin doctors claiming to have "wrecked" all manner of Tory policies. It’s a petty and ugly phase… Continue reading
28 CommentsGove raises the spectre of an electoral pact
Michael Gove has reignited talk of a Tory Lib Dem pact by urging people in Hull to vote Lib Dem to keep Labour out at the local elections. Gove’s intervention… Continue reading
12 CommentsThe final sting
It’s Christmas Eve, and the Daily Telegraph have wrapped up their sting operation in time for tomorrow. The final victims are the Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne and the children’s… Continue reading
36 CommentsA yellow spanner in the works
The teaching unions, it seems, haven’t been wasting their time in Liverpool: the Lib Dem conference has just passed a motion opposing the coalition’s free schools agenda. Even though the… Continue reading
22 CommentsWho is missing?
The Cabinet is taking shape, admittedly with one or two surprises and not all of them good ones. There is still a way to go, even though action has already… Continue reading
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