Back in September at Labour Party conference I appeared at a fringe event on the future of Labour blogging organised by Mary Honeyball MEP. Below is my contribution, which focuses on how sites such as this one can improve and replace some aspects of what the party does – but won’t win the next election for the Labour Party.
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Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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