Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
This has to be one of the best 'Downfall' spoofs ever made. It involves Mervyn King, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. It gets funnier as it goes on. Well done to the Crown Blog for making it.
Politics Index (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
This has to be one of the best 'Downfall' spoofs ever made. It involves Mervyn King, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. It gets funnier as it goes on. Well done to the Crown Blog for making it.
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Earlier this week I heard three of our politicians ( Yvette Cooper, Philip Hammond and Vince Cable) being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman. Paxo asked if there was any limit on our borrowing. All three evaded in their answer ( there motives I imagine as Yvette Cooper - to avoid admitting the potential disaster we are heading to, Philip Hammond - to avoid the what will you cut follow on question, and Vince...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
There may be a reason why the chief secretary to the Treasury, Yvette Cooper, is bullish about the government's electoral prospects despite a downturn. Twelve years ago the then 27-year-old was a leader writer on the Independent but was clearly so taken with a particular thesis that she strayed from the leader writer's usual anonymity to make the same argument twice in less than six months before...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Can this really be true? I may be behind the curve on this and it has been written elsewhere, but I hear that Alistair Darling is ducking out of leading for the government in tomorrow' debate on the Pre Budget Report and that his stand in will be the Pontefract Princess, Yvette Cooper. What an insult to Parliament, if true. PS Am sooo proud of that headline!
Politics Index (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Can this really be true? I may be behind the curve on this and it has been written elsewhere, but I hear that Alistair Darling is ducking out of leading for the government in tomorrow' debate on the Pre Budget Report and that his stand in will be the Pontefract Princess, Yvette Cooper. What an insult to Parliament, if true. PS Am sooo proud of that headline!
Obnoxio The Clown (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
I wonder if Yvette Cooper makes chutney?
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Fraser Nelson has just posted a further insight into the Economic understanding of the commenting classes HERE . Hangs head now for a brief moment in case he has a starred double first in the subject from a top University. He doesn't? I didn't really think he did. Here's a sample: Yvette Cooper doesn’t like Cameron’s announcement that he’d spend less than the £680bn Brown intends to in 2010/11. “Unlike...
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to David Cameron's speech on Tory spending plans, said: "There is a clear choice for the British people. "Labour's approach will give real help now for families and businesses to help Britain come through these difficult times stronger and sooner; the Conservatives won't act to support the economy when it needs it and won't help...
Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to David Cameron's speech on Tory spending plans, said: "There is a clear choice for the British people. "Labour's approach will give real help now for families and businesses to help Britain come through these difficult times stronger and sooner; the Conservatives won't act to support the economy when it needs it and won't help...
Downing Street Says (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Asked what Yvette Cooper had meant when she talked today about enforcing agreements with recapitalised banks, the PMS said that the banks had made commitments, we expected those commitments to be honoured and we would continue to monitor the situation. Lloyds, who took part in the recapitalisation programme, had released a statement saying that they would pass on the interest rate reduction in full....
Stumbling and Mumbling (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
I don’t think anyone has grasped the full gob-smacking level of imbecility and venality within this:Ed Balls, the children's secretary, and Yvette Cooper, the chief secretary to the Treasury, have launched an attack on the so-called London living wage –...
Obsolete (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
When your default world-view is cynicism, not much tends to shock you. Even by the modern standards of the Labour party, this is little short of astonishing : Ed Balls , the children's secretary, and Yvette Cooper, the chief secretary to the Treasury, have launched an attack on the so-called London living wage – the £7.45 an hour recommended minimum for all workers in the capital. They claim it would...
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Ed Balls: unhappy with plans for 'an artificial living wage for London'. Photograph: Martin Argles Ed Balls, the children's secretary, and Yvette Cooper, the chief secretary to the Treasury, have launched an attack on the so-called London living wa
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Ed Balls , the children's secretary, and Yvette Cooper, the chief secretary to the Treasury, have launched an attack on the so-called London living wage – the £7.45 an hour recommended minimum for all workers in the capital. They claim it would be "artificial, inflationary" and not "necessary or appropriate." Tories and trade unions, who are backing higher minimum wages, reacted angrily to the statement,...
