Guido: punk’d by a patsy?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On Monday night, half an hour into the the ciritcal PLP meeting to…
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Speaker Beckett?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Margaret Beckett has announced her intention to stand for the role of Speaker…
No, Gordon, this is not a cleaner, more open politics: we must see the full, unredacted report on Malik
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The report is now available here, unredacted except for personal details. This…
LabourList and the Huffington Post
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last month, LabourList published a crosspost by Armando Iannucci about British politicians at…
The Tory offer: a 10% cut across the board
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As Gordon Brown said in this afternoon’s PMQs: “this is the day when…
A Labour Party with vision
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Polly Toynbee has an inspiring take on the sort of vision Labour should…
News from the PLP meeting and Progress fourth term event
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I’m about to go out to meet Anne Fairweather for tomorrow’s LabourList interview,…
It’s not as if no one knew about the old differences between Mandelson and Brown
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 So, the News of the World is reporting that Peter Mandelson once criticised…
80% of Labour members say the leadership has handled expenses crisis badly
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 As we await the results of the European elections tomorrow, LabourList can exclusively…
55% of Left leaning panellists agree Brown should go
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A poll of parliamentarians – including some in the cabinet – as well…
