Balls attacks Gove’s ‘thoughtless”, “shambolic” assault on schools – 8 in the morning, July 9th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * Writing in the Guardian, Ed Balls says that Michael Gove’s cancellation of…
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Introducing national identity day on LabourList
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 For a long time, I’ve been thinking about national identity in Britain, and…
So, was that the first internet election?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As I wrote in last month’s Progress magazine, from September to May it…
Vote for your top 10 in the Total Politics blog poll 2010
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Time flies when you’re having fun! It’s very nearly a year since I…
Slow news day?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It could be that the first throes of summer are finally with us,…
A day in the race: July 3rd
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 All the leadership candidates were in Leeds again today, for the second union…
Community is second union to back David Miliband
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A second union has come out in support of David Miliband to be…
Jowell, Johnson, Knight on life after power
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In this video, Alan Johnson, Tessa Jowell and Jim Knight talk about life…
Ed Balls to unveil new campaign leaflet today – and new supporters
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: You can now see and download Ed’s leaflet via his website. Ed…
A day in the race: June 30th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It’s been a relatively quiet day on LabourList, but not in the Labour…
