“Work and home is what One Nation is about – family life, how people live everyday life.” That’s what Jon Cruddas – the man who will in all likelihood write Labour’s next manifesto – told the Guardian the party’s policy review is focused on. And it sounds so simple – doesn’t it? Critics will say it’s too simplistic a definition (and they’d be right – I’m cherry picking here), but it’s also a brilliant example of the distance between most [...]
News
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Falkirk selection process suspended by the party
The Labour Party have this afternoon suspended the selection process for Falkirk, after concerns were raised about “membership recruitment”. We understand that Ed Miliband was “keen to act swiftly” as the selection process was...
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An absolutely classic Lib Dem bar chart
Earlier this week we brought you a decidedly dodgy bar chart from the Tories, but it seems that they’re not the only party in Camden adopting dubious use of bar charts. Step forward Camden Lib Dems, with this classic of the dodgy Lib Dem bar chart...
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Labour’s policy process explained
There’s an interesting interview in the Guardian with Labour’s policy chief Jon Cruddas this morning (of which more later), but the Guardian have also sketched out their take on the shape of the party policy review, noting – as I’ve...
- Miliband hits out at Google over tax avoidance – whilst their Chief Exec advises Cameron
- David Cameron in his own words – He hates “banging on about Europe”
- Three leaders in three months – Tory group in turmoil over UKIP fears
Comment
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Working Class MPs – the end of a era?
It is interesting to see that the Labour Party is returning to the vexed issue of its parliamentary selection process. The changes may be well and good. But maybe we should be asking a bigger question – are we witnessing the end of working class...
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We are living in deeply political times
As the dissection into UKIP’s electoral success continues, a predictable panic has began to set in amongst Tory activists across the country. I don’t blame them. But despite the temptation to sit back and enjoy the schadenfreude, the Labour party...
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All voters will remember is that the Tories are giving them a referendum – and that Labour isn’t
Three things are blindingly apparent this week. The first is that the Tories are still hopelessly divided on Europe. Plus ça change. The second is that Labour’s refusal to match the Tory referendum pledge leaves the party framed as the enemy of choice,...
- Better off on the relay team: 10 reasons why the EU is good for Britain
- Just a step to the right: changing attitudes to poverty and welfare
- No backsliding on EU climate change action
Video
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Labour’s GOTV video – “Let’s change this country together”
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Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast – “Together”
Labour’s new Party Election Broadcast has been released online. It’s built around Ed Miliband’s recent campaign visits on his “soapbox” – and on the importance of giving...
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Ed Miliband’s Local Elections Diary
The Labour Party have released the first in what is expected to be a series of Local Elections Diary videos from Ed Miliband (although it’s not strictly speaking a diary – it’s more of...
- Labour’s latest Party Political Broadcast – ‘Made by the Many’
- Miliband responds to Blair critique
- George Galloway praises the “cohesive, pristine, innocent culture” of North Korea




