Alex Hilton: What happened to Labour's conviction?
23 Jun 2010 | by Alex Hilton
Sixty years ago, Labour built a nation where everyone paid something and everyone got universal services such as the NHS, as well as child benefit and the state pension.
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Jobs | Agency Showcase | Ad creativeAlex Hilton: Politicians can fix football crisis
08 Jul 2010 | by Alex Hilton
Even the most experienced politicians seem to lose their sense of perspective during the World Cup.
Alex Hilton: Lobbyists should not carry the can
30 Mar 2010 | by Alex Hilton
It was clear that the Government would have to do something about MPs offering themselves as 'taxis for hire', so Gordon Brown has announced there will be a mandatory register of lobbyists, as though it has anything to do with Stephen Byers' humiliation or John Butterfill's desire to monetise his friendship...
Alex Hilton: Sun was cynical in use of Janes' grief
10 Nov 2009 | by Alex Hilton
Unlike a train or a bridge, it is hard to put together a business case for a weapon. How do you quantify something financially on the basis of how good it is at killing people?
Alex Hilton: Time for straight talk on expenses
14 Oct 2009 | by Alex Hilton
Politicians cannot help trying to spin their way out of the expenses scandal.
Alex Hilton: 'Bad news' media feed on negativity
03 Sep 2009 | by Alex Hilton
Chris Grayling's crime hyperbole shows that negativity remains at the heart of Britain's politics. But do politicians have a choice when journalists lap up bad news?
Alex Hilton: MPs must be firm on Afghanistan
14 Jul 2009 | by Alex Hilton
Politicians are at their worst when they talk about dying soldiers, and after a bloody ten days since the start of July that cost the lives of 15 servicemen, it is already the basis of a political punch-up.
Alex Hilton: Tories forced to show their hand
18 Jun 2009 | by Alex Hilton
Behind the Labour infighting and parliamentary scandal, a new political pattern emerges.
Alex Hilton: Give public power to cull slack MPs
20 May 2009 | by Alex Hilton
The public is angry. Parliament is full of MPs desperate for a suitable catharsis so they can cling on to their jobs and convince the public that the problem of parliamentary expenses has been fixed.
Alex Hilton: How the web shows we can all be human like Stuart MacLennan
13 Apr 2010 | by Alex Hilton
I have been campaigning in elections since 1983, though being eight years old at the time, I was not as finely attuned to the political nuances then as I am now. That said, this election so far has not had much in the way of nuance.
