Government  Proposals for the way in which a site will be chosen for the long-term disposal of higher activity radioactive waste were today published for public consultation by the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Wales and…

Keen readers of Picking Losers will know that I am not likely to become a fully paid up member of the Green lobby any time soon.  I do believe that we have a duty to look after the environment and that it is a duty we have neglected in the…

Gordon Brown has entered the home straight to finally achieving the position he thought would have been his a long time ago. Yesterday he was officially declared Labour party leader valiantly defeating all his rivals in a close run contest…

Some people claim that Nicolas Sarkozy is France's Margaret Thatcher. Yeah, right. To quote from the BBC report: "A reference to 'free and undistorted competition' was pulled from the draft [Treaty that isn't the Constitutional Treaty…

Government City academies have failed to live up to their ambition of being "powerhouses of innovation", says a former chief inspector for schools. Hopes that private sector involvement in the state-funded independent schools would…

"-Panic on the streets of London, Panic on the streets of Birmingham, I wonder to myself, Could life ever be sane again?-" So the song went. Now I don't think the Smiths had Lord Falconer and the Ministry of Justice in mind when they wrote…

Government   Gordon Brown has said he has learned his lesson about "top-down" government and has pledged to involve ordinary people in his decisions. He told BBC News the public needed to be fully involved if big challenges like climate…

Like most men, I do like a good list. I could real off my top 3 greatest footballers, my top 3 meals, my top 3 films, my top 3 just about anything. Alas this is a political blog and not a Nick Hornby novel so I will save you from the…

When exactly did smoking become the new paedophilia? They are the pariahs of modern society, and all common sense and decency can go to hell if it means the government and media can whip up a frenzy about these evil doers. There is the tale…

Government   Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown offered former Lib Dem leader Lord Ashdown the Cabinet post of Northern Ireland secretary, the BBC has learned. Lord Ashdown said the offer was made on Wednesday - after Lib Dem Leader Sir…

I have long been a supporter of self determination. That is to say, if a country wants its independence then it should be granted, or in cases like Gibraltar (for example) if they want to remain part of the UK or return to being part of…