Mandelson ready to fight for Brown – 8 in the morning, January 6th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * AMID REPORTS of new cabinet rifts, Peter Mandelson is returning to Gordon…
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Rumour mill can’t detract from the question: what’s changed since June?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Evening Standard, Guido, the Spectator and Channel 4 News are all circulating…
Miliband v Miliband: the battle of brothers
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Today’s G2 has an interesting profile of the brothers Miliband – and their…
First blood Labour as Tory marriage and health plans in confusion – 8 in the morning, January 5th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * LABOUR “DREW BLOOD” on the first day of the long campaign –…
Where do we go from here?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I’ve written a very brief few thoughts for the Progress website this afternoon,…
The top 10 progressive policies of the decade
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This afternoon, Left Foot Forward have published their Top 10 Progressive Policies of…
Ed Balls calls for education debates: 8 in the morning, January 4th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 By my admittedly dubious maths, there are 133 days until the general election,…
New Year? Same old Boris hangover for working London
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: John Prescott has also posted on Boris Johnson’s fare increases, saying the…
The time for leadership talk has passed, Charles
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This afternoon, Charles Clarke sent an email to colleagues which expressly fires a…
Gordon Brown’s New Year message
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 You can listen to the podcast of Gordon Brown’s New Year message here.…
