Contraction, cuts and coalition chutzpah
By Brian Barder / @brianlb I responded to an invitation to send a letter about the coalition’s spending…
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Time to abolish indeterminate sentences
By Brian Barder / @brianlb A few weeks ago I sent a letter about Indeterminate Sentences for Public…
A modest suggestion for Labour’s new leader
By Brian Barder / @brianlb Dear Mr Miliband, Like, I’m pretty sure, thousands of other members and supporters…
The most promising result for Labour
By Brian Barder / @brianlb The long leadership campaign is over and the most promising candidate from Labour’s…
Tony Blair’s chapter on Kosovo: a travesty
By Brian Barder I shan’t buy Tony Blair’s book: judging by the extracts I have read, it would…
How to vote for Labour’s leader: It’s more complex than it looks
By Brian Barder / @brianlb This is about making your vote in the Labour party leadership election this…
Five days in May: the lessons for Labour
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB In the last of three articles about the events of the five days…
In those Five Days in May, the LibDems made the wrong choice
By Brian Barder / @brianlb The LibDems made the wrong choice in May, not in going into coalition…
In the coalition politics era Labour should court, not vilify, the LibDems
By Brian Barder / @brianlb Several lessons for Labour need to be learned from Nick Robinson’s BBC programme…
Lockerbie, al-Megrahi and the irrelevant Prisoner Transfer Agreement
By Brian Barder / @brianlb David Cameron’s visit to Washington this month collided with the resurrection by some…
