IPPR and LabourList’s unique experiment will take your voices to conference
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After 12 years in power what has Labour really achieved? Where did the…
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A renewed bid to oust Gordon Brown?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A fresh report in today’s Daily Mail says that Labour’s backbenches still carry…
Obama calls for bi-partisanship on healthcare reform
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 President Obama last night spoke of a healthcare plan built not on “rigid…
Questions for Ken
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The New Statesman is asking for your questions to Ken Livinsgtone. The magazine…
Cruddas: renew Labour around equality, community, sustainability and democracy
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 At tonight’s Compass Summer Lecture, Jon Cruddas has called on Labour to renew…
If not the financial and global implications, perhaps Gordon might understand Trident’s potential electoral fallout
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a ComRes poll for today’s Independent, respondants have catergorically called for the…
Introducing a week long special guest editor
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As of this morning, I’ll be away until Tuesday 8th September, sunning myself…
The top 100 blogs on the left
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 1 (1) Tom Harris MP 2 (2) Hopi Sen 3 (-) LabourList 4…
Why a TV debate could invigorate our politics
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I’ve just signed Sky News’ petition calling for a televised debate between the…
Gordon interview in the FT: “we’re cautiously optimistic about the future”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Gordon Brown has given an hour long interview for today’s FT, in which…
