Week of June 23 – 29

Lib Dems shouldn’t put their faith in divine intervention

Farron’s latest claim that he lacks ambition hints at a sinfully laissez faire relationship with the Commandment

6-27-15

The transatlantic flirtation behind Ukip’s sudden meltdown

Nigel Farage and his senior adviser were caught up by the glamour of the Tea Party – to the fury of some in their own party

Cameron is trying to negotiate with people who can’t agree on anything

Even if they do cobble together a deal, it won’t be meaningful reform and it won’t be lasting. Which leaves Out as the only option.

6-26-15

Where’s the timetable for the Conservative London Mayoral candidate selection? Here’s the one we need

The contest should run “long” rather than “short”. And our preference is for a ballot of members – which all candidates’ names should be on.

The rest of Europe knows that David Cameron is bluffing

The PM’s negotiating team have been reduced to asking for a few white rabbits

6-25-15

Daily catch-up: David Cameron, colossus; Labour contenders, insignificant no-marks (I don’t think)

The Prime Minister has been underestimated, but the ‘Labour giants of yesteryear’ thesis has been overdone

Official: income inequality has fallen under David Cameron.

“Inequality has gotten much worse in the United Kingdom,” declared the Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz when he was on Andrew Marr’s Start the Week last month (clip below). It’s one of those things that ‘everyone knows’ which is (to put it politely) not supported by the data. The latest inequality data came out today, taking us up to 2013/14.

If Osborne cuts tax rates for the rich, he must also curb their tax privileges

We won’t complain if the Chancellor reduces the top rate further. But the trade-off should be fairer property and pensions taxation.

Our poverty rules are an insult to everyone – it’s time to rip them up

By using dodgy statistics to overstate their case, the Left has caused much of the public to ignore the real problems of deprivation

6-24-15

Goldsmith declares his bid for the Tory mayoral nomination

Having secured a thumping endorsement from his Richmond Park constituents, the environmentalist and Eurosceptic officially joins the race.

Can Gove drag our justice system out of its Victorian time warp?

The civilising rule of law is threatened by archaic procedures and severe budget cuts

The emerging United States of Euroland

Alan Milburn finally confronts Labour with the hard truth about Tony Blair

lan Milburn has told Labour something it does not want to hear: Tony Blair was as great for the party as Margaret Thatcher was for the Tories. At a breakfast with the Centre for Social Justice this morning, the former health secretary argued that  Labour ‘could not have got it more wrong’ at the last election and urged the party to snap out of its ‘self-delusion’ that New Labour and Blair were all bad

6-23-15

Cameron backs Family Hubs. Now he must make them work.

The support on offer must be value for money for the taxpayer – not to mention valuable for the parents and children who will actually use it.

The BBC is not as important as the NHS. Its supporters need to stop being so thin-skinned

The BBC and its uncritical cheerleaders need to get over themselves

Why Ed Miliband may have lost Labour the next election, too

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Across The Pond is edited daily by Steve Parkhurst. Steve is a political consultant, a writer at his blog as well as a Senior Editor here at US Daily Review. Follow Steve on Twitter  @SteveParkhurst