In the wake of Labour's colossal defeat at the polls last week and Ed Miliband's rapid exit, the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna has now confirmed he will be standing for the Labour leadership. Viewed as a natural heir to Tony Blair (maybe not a good sign?), the slick ...read more

Former movie star turned political agitator Russell Brand has made a name for himself for his stance on voting. "I don’t vote," said Brand at the MTV Awards in 2012. "I believe democracy is a pointless spectacle where we choose between two indistinguishable political parties, ...read more

The Conservative Party in Britain won the general election in 2010, inheriting one of the worst economies in recent history. New Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had failed to spot the inherent flaws in their economic platform and sat helpless as the financial sector ...read more

Martin Wolf in the FT on what the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have said when it got into power, rather than box itself in with a rigid economic philosophy that clearly isn't working: “Our country is in a deep economic and fiscal hole. This is the result of mistakes made ...read more

Norwegian gunman Anders Breivik has insisted he would massacre 77 people all over again, calling his rampage the most "spectacular" attack by a nationalist militant since the Second World War. Reading a prepared statement in court, the anti-Muslim extremist hit out at ...read more

By David Pegg: Ask any MP why they entered politics and they’re likely tell you they wanted to bring about change. And so they have. But not necessarily in the way the public might think. An analysis by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism for The Independent has found that ...read more