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By A. Supporter For most, student unions will be synonymous with cheap pints, table football and the occasional foam party (if you're lucky). For a chosen few, student unions will be their ticket to a career beyond their wildest dreams. I…
By A Supporter When Barack Obama positioned himself as 'change' we could believe in, we believed him. Indeed, the word 'change' is what got him elected. It's what he now does, change the way things are, mostly for the better. When Gordon…
By A. Supporter I don't understand what constitutes sexism anymore. Take Caroline Flint, ex Minister for Europe. Many have concluded, on the back of Ms Flint's revelations, that Gordon Brown is a sexist man, that women in his Cabinet are…
By A Supporter / @gordonfrown One thing that struck me as Nick Griffin was delivering his victory speech was the outpouring of grief on Twitter. My Twitter friends, predominantly Labour Party sympathisers, were expressing their…
By A. Supporter I've always said that if I could invite an ex-President to a summer barbecue it would be George W. Bush. As a politician "Dubya" always was (and always will be) a terrible mistake, a Stetson-wearing moron steeped in…
By A Supporter To restore faith in the political process after the expenses outrage we must not now be convinced that Parliament is populated solely by penny-pinching paragons of greed. I refuse to believe that every Member of Parliament is…
By A Supporter At the beginning of the year I saw Gus Van Sant's excellent film Milk. In it, Harvey Milk (played by Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn) mobilises the gay community of San Francisco to fight Proposition 6, an "initiative" that…
By A. Supporter I wrote "Labour United? The problem with the next generation" because, like Hazel Blears, among others, I am disappointed. But unlike Hazel Blears I am not bound by Cabinet discretion to keep my personal opinions to myself…
By A. Supporter UPDATE: Kezia Dugdale has responded to this post with an alternative view of Young Labour activists. John Prescott and Alastair Campbell treat politics like football. Regardless of how poorly the players perform; they will…
