Green shoots are not enough: why Gordon must have a better plan B
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Thankfully, after a long winter, the signs of economic recovery that Gordon Brown…
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Shrink to fit: employee plans to save the Observer
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 After a week of speculation as to the future of the Observer, it…
Ronnie Biggs released on compassionate grounds – right or wrong?
By Alex Smth / @alexsmith1982 In a post last month on LabourList, there was a great deal of…
Deputy Chair St Albans Tories: Main is trying to “sabotage” democratic process
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new civil war amongst Conservatives in St Albans is increasing the likelihood…
More than half of newly vacated seats will be fought on All Women Shortlists
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 New candidates in 24 of 44 seats left vacant by MPs retiring at…
“People want something new”: The Claude Moraes interview
Claude Moraes is a Member of the European Parliament for London. This interview with Alex Smith was conducted…
16,000 vote in Tory open primary
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: In a response on Twitter, David Lammy MP has said it’s “definite”…
Activists lock up to DECC over Vestas dispute
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This is the picture, from Socialist Unity, of demonstrators blockading the Department for…
Labour raised more than it spent in 2008 but CWU is considering its support
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The CWU is reconsidering its support for the Labour party. In a…
You can’t run the country as if it were Tesco, Dave
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 David Cameron has said this weekend that he intends to run the country…
