News from the New Party

Let the people speak
There is an appetite in the country for a genuine alternative. The voters should be given a chance to demand one.

Press release: High Court set to judge Al Gore Film
The New Party is backing a legal challenge by one of its members against a government decision to circulate Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, to all 3,850 English secondary schools.

Standing idly by
The trust between citizen and state on which our freedom depends is eroding.

Getting away with it
There is nothing original, nothing new about Gordon Brown's Labour. Style is still striving to overcome substance.

The abdication of leadership
Leaders in a democratic society must always be accountable, but they must always be leaders.

Dying out of turn
The key performance indicator for a health care system is favourable health outcomes, not fairness.

Time to end Mugabe's tyranny
If the African Union is unaware of the damage done to its own reputation by complicity in the oppression of the people of Zimbabwe, then it is not for the European Union to overlook the fact.

The Liberal Democrats retreat from reality
The Liberal Democrats are the last of the three main parties to realise that left wing economics doesn't work.

Tea with Maggie
In Tory circles since 1990 the term "conviction politician" has generally referred to a politician who has been convicted.

The TUC: who cares?
The annual Trades Union Congress is an increasingly strange and irrelevant affair.

Inquiries we don't need
In no circumstances should inquiries act as a substitute for the normal democratic process.

Facing up to global challenges
Making the right decisions includes accepting the risk of failure.

Cameron pays the price
The Conservative leader is learning to his cost that ideology is indispensable.

The sacred cow
It is time to put the NHS out of our misery.

US Presidential Candidates II: The Democrats
The race among Democrats is very different to that among Republicans. Hillary Clinton is proving to be a tough candidate to beat.