Tom Harris steps down as shadow minister

Most non-voters say they’ll vote in 2015 – and Labour would benefit

There was some disagreement earlier this year when a Fabian Society report suggested that Labour would need the support of non-voters to get 40% of the vote. Some said that wouldn’t happen and some suggested it was wishful thinking Yet a poll today carried out by Survation as part of the Lodestone Political Survey found that 56% of those who didn’t vote in 2010 said that they would probably vote if an election was held tomorrow. And othey’re far more likely […]

Jon Cruddas IPPR speech – ‘Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand’

Jon Cruddas was speaking at Coin Street today to launch the IPPR interim report on The Condition of Britain. It’s likely to be a key part of Labour’s policy review. Here’s what he said: Thank you Coin Street for hosting us today. The Condition of Britain programme is important to our country. It is important to the policy review I am leading. It is important to Labour’s One Nation politics. And it is also to me personally. So I’d like to […]

Dodgy Lib Dem bar charts are making a comeback

The Lib Dems have been a bit more sheepish about campaigning in the past few years, but with local elections in May, their questionable bar charts were always going to return. This one is a corker… (h/t: Richard Osley) If you’ve seen any of these in your local area, share them with us on Twitter…

Is the debate on party reform missing the point (again)?

By Mark Ferguson

The deadline for submissions to the Collins Review is less than two weeks away, the process – most likely to end in some form of complex compromise – is coming to a close. That’s no bad thing. There’s little to be gained here from one section of the party trampling over another just a year before an election. Compromise isn’t a dirty word. But there’s been a lack of debate within the party about what party reform should actually look […]

Sexism still lies at the heart of all aspects of public life

By Emma Burnell

Here are some things that have happened over the last week: On Sunday, news broke of the list of people who had been prepared by Spencer Livermore and Douglas Alexander to be consulted about how to win the next general election. I have written elsewhere about some of the problems inherent in this list, but absolutely key is that it contained no women. None of the people deemed worthy of meeting are female. And no one picked up on this. […]