If Labour fails to win the election, it should blame its strategy not Ed Miliband
By Pieter Cranenbroek As Owen Jones has noted, the Tory election campaign has proved far from a Machiavellian plan to win the election. The Conservatives’ personal attacks on Labour leader Ed Miliband have backfired and they are openly mocked for making silly blank cheque promises. Good news for Labour, except there is one problem: Labour is still more or less tied with the Tories. Many blame Miliband’s persona for this but Labour’s real problem is its inability to influence the...
NUS Reveal Liar Liar Advertising Campaign
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent The NUS is set to reveal a national advertising campaign targeted at MPs who voted to increase student fees, with billboards across Sheffield, Manchester and London from Thursday 23rd April. Dubbed 'the 2010 pledge breakers' the advertisement attacks MPs who pledged to scrap tuition fees before voting for the increase. Prominent locations in London Victoria, Sheffield Central and Manchester Piccadilly have been selected with the billboards being erected overnight tonight to be up for the...
Blue Moon Blues: City’s Season Collapse
Sport News 24/7 By Simon White @SimonWhite14 @TLE_Sport If anyone had predicted the Premier League table to read Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City in April at the start of this season, they would have been ridiculed. And rightly so. While Arsenal and United can be proud of their recent form and winning runs, it is only down to a catastrophic loss of form for City that the two clubs boast their positions. Billed as the only potential challengers to...
Lack of Fairy Tale Endings is Why Sport Remains So Enthralling
Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh @mchughr @TLE_Sport The scene was set, and the script was written. On his 35th birthday, Steven Gerrard would lift the FA Cup as captain of his boyhood club, before riding off into the sunset for one last payday in the MLS with LA Galaxy. It was to provide a fitting end to the career of one of the defining figures in English football. But as the ball looped into the arms of Steven Gerrard...
Dulwich Hamlet FC – a step closer to becoming a supporter-owned club
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport As National Supporter Ownership Week comes to a close, Dulwich Hamlet FC and Hadley Property Group have announced exciting plans for a new stadium and for the south London club to be majority-owned by the supporters. The Hamlet, currently fourth in the Ryman Isthmian Premier League, hope that this initiative will enable the club to flourish in the coming years with the supporters trust retaining casting voting rights. ...
2015 smart ForFour review
Are you in the market for a small practical city car? You're lucky, because today’s choice is bigger and better than ever. These cars cost very little to buy, many cost nothing to tax and none have serious drinking problems, all the while retaining excellent residuals. The now familiar smart ForTwo is about as compact as cars can get, but it’s still capable of venturing out of town and onto the motorway. The main issue with the ForTwo, and the reason we had to sell our beloved car, was because it only offers two seats; if you needed something for 3-4 people, a smart car simply wasn't an option. ...
Restaurant Review – Hixter Bankside
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor Upon approaching acclaimed chef Mark Hix’s first outpost situated south of the river, you’d be forgiven for instantly relating the neon signage and general exterior demeanour to one of those seedy clubs in Soho. However, after being escorted through a corridor that contains just one of the restaurant’s impressive bars, you’ll end up feeling comforted by the unexpectedly airy dining space (unless a trip to a sordid bar and an STD was, in fact,...
Top 20 most affordable places to commute into London
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Unless you want to live in a converted garage or stowaway in a different wheelie bin every night, London is increasingly outside the price range of most of us. TLE has scoured the areas outside of London where you could afford to buy and still get to work in Londinium. Of course, you need to add on the extortionate rail fares, to work out if your move out of the capital is feasible. No more...
Stones For The Rampart – Film Review/Interview with Director Robert Glinski
By Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada Zoska is a boyscout, part of Szare Szeregi (the Grey Ranks), a scouting organisation fighting against the Nazi occupation in Warsaw. They mainly do acts of so-called “minor sabotage”, like tearing down a Nazi flag from a public building. With sharp editing and an upbeat electronic rock sound, these scenes evoke classic coming-of-age film boy pranks. But this is quickly contrasted by showing the real danger of these acts. Even tearing down a flag could cost...