It was obvious who had been listening to The Today Programme this morning as Nick Clegg took on Harriet Harman at PMQs. According to a new report, voters prefer politicians with deep voices and everyone was queuing up to give theirs a go.  Harriet – roots done in preparation for the aerial close-up – was taking [...]

As researchers and journalists around the UK start drawing up biographies of Ed Davey and scouring Hansard for past quotes, we thought we’d give you our take on what this means for UK energy policy. There may not be many sad faces as Chris Huhne packs his bag and heads off to meet his solicitors [...]

This week’s YouGov poll showed Ken Livingstone edging ahead of Boris Johnson with a lead of 51-49. Only six months ago Boris had a 8-point lead but now, months before London goes to the polls, Ken’s pledge to cut fares by 5% is clearly hitting the right spot with the voters. These new figures show [...]

Perhaps not the biggest surprise of the year so far, the Government has today announced that HS2, the new high speed rail line that has already caused so much anguish, has got the go ahead. The £33bn project, which is only the first tranche of the overall plan, will run between London and Birmingham, cutting [...]

If you look through the biographies of the Open Road staff, you might just be able to work out which one I am from this blog post. So distraught was I with the end of Downton Abbey in November, that I took myself off on holiday for three weeks in December to fill the time [...]