A Tory Washout In This Week's Elections?

Monday, April 30, 2012 Political Week Ahead: Could It Be A Tory Washout In This Week's Elections? Since much of the country is more obsessed with the weather than anything else at the moment, HuffPost has abandoned its usual weekly look-ahead in favour of a political weather forecast. The outlook for the Department of Culture Media and Sport remains uncertain with squally showers continuing to blow in, although it's not clear whether or not a mini-tornado could suddenly pick up Jeremy Hunt and throw him out off his office. While it will be largely blustery in national politics for the first part of the week, we certainly can expect a very cold front with accompanying gale-force winds sweeping into Tory and Lib-Dem areas this Thursday night, damaging gusts which could uproot hundreds of Tory councillors and bring down vital Lib Dem power lines. Parliament goes into recess on Wednesday, which helpfully for Cameron means he avoids having to endure prime minister's questions on the eve on the local elections. There is still some serious business to be done in Westminster before then however, beginning this afternoon when peers hold a crucial debate on "plans to clean up the stonework in the inner courtyards of the House of Lords" - that Lords reform bill can't come soon enough for some. CULTURE VULTURES Stella Creasy: 'I Really Am An Indie Kid'... A Third Of Doctors Fob Off Young People With Cancer Symptoms Heathrow's Apologies Are 'Inappropriate' David Cameron Insists He Didn't Make Murdoch A Deal Over BSkyB BLOG POSTS Simon Blake: It's Time We Learned to Trust This lack of trust in young people and their developing sexuality is perennial. The persistent attacks on abortion provision have always demonstrated a lack of faith in women's ability to make their own reproductive choices. And public trust in professionals is constantly undermined by insidious reporting on the sexual health and education of children and young people. James Bloodworth: What Would British Fascism Look Like? Were a far-Right government ever to win power in Britain - and never get too complacent, for a Searchlight poll last February found a staggeringly high number of voters who said they would be prepared to vote for party of the far-Right if it renounced violence - what might it do in its first year of power? Jon Trickett MP: It is Time to Reject Rule by and for the Millionaires in Favour of the Millions: Starting With Boris in London Boris's now infamous "chicken feed" comments - referring to the £250,000 per year income he receives for a second job writing for the Telegraph on top of his Mayoral responsibilities - confirm just how obscenely out of touch he really is. While he rakes in this "chicken feed", more than 400,000 London pensioners have lost money through the Tory 'granny tax' to pay for a tax cut for the super rich. And almost 120,000 London families face losing all of their tax credits because of the Tory tax credit cuts. Eleanor Besley: Is Cycling the Future for More of us in the Capital? In central London pollution levels are on the rise, more than twice the number of people killed each year in road traffic accidents are killed by pollution from cars. Do we want a London where we breathe in harmful gases as a matter of course everyday? Rob Carr: Sunday Trading: An Olympian Error This government continues to put the economy before people, assuming that serving the economy will automatically serve the common good. Time and again, that's been disproved. And time and again, voters have shouted about putting people first. Politicians ignore those shouts at their peril.

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