The Olympics opening ceremony revisited
I had just finished my last (official) shift at the Paralympics. Sitting down alone with my last plate…
Ben Cobley
Let’s Talk About Values
A Murdoch may not be the first person Labour people might turn to in seeking guidance to help…
Institutionalised fixing: the Labour way
“Let’s overturn these tables Disconnect these cables This place don’t make sense to me no more Can you…
“The method in the madness of modern civilisation” – Is this what is wrong?
In his autobiography, The Time of My Life, Denis Healey described his experience of trying to count the…
A Labour Movement? Really?
“You have got to stop seeing political parties as the engines of social change.” Colin Crouch, a lefty…
We need to stop being boring
“Don’t be boring in your Parliament, Dad.” Five-year old Sarah Mullin’s delightful advice to her father Chris on…
Which side are you on? Globalisation or democracy?
By Ben Cobley “The buyin’ power of the proletariat’s gone down/ Money’s gettin’ shallow and weak/ The place…
Labour needs to learn a language of freedom
By Ben Cobley / @bencobley Freedom and democracy are not things that the Labour Party does altogether well.…
Eric Pickles and the same old Tories
By Ben Cobley In my professional training to become a qualified journalist the phrase “fair and balanced” came…
Ken is an inspiration – but we need reconciliation
By Ben Cobley Ken Livingstone visited Wimbledon on Monday – the first stage of his “Tell Ken” tour…
