Labour need a coherent policy on Trident
Conference Arrangements Committee has ruled contemporary motions on Trident in order, but it is important that delegates vote…
Daniel Blaney
Labour’s lack of ambition on global disarmament
Ed Miliband has been regularly questioned by party members and the public since being elected leader about why…
We need a party debate on Trident – and a vote on it at conference
Ed Miliband has stated on a number of occasions that upon publication of the Government’s Trident Alternatives Review,…
Labour risks being left behind on nuclear disarmament
Labour risks being left behind on nuclear disarmament as recent media coverage reports that senior government figures and serving…
Trident is draining money away from other areas of government expenditure
In an article on LabourList, the Shadow Defence Minister Kevan Jones has adopted the mantra of ‘too far…
Is the pro-nuclear alliance disintegrating?
The pro-nuclear alliance that has dominated Britain’s major political parties for decades showed further signs of disintegration last…
The Westminster consensus on Trident is dead
The forthcoming Scottish referendum on independence has thrown up a new angle on the debate over Trident replacement.…
Don’t scapegoat the poor to unite the party
By Daniel Blaney The danger in Ed Miliband’s speech “on responsibility” is it runs counter to a widespread…
Labour should make the case for libraries not nuclear bombs
By Daniel Blaney As part of a political fudge, the coalition government agreed that any decision on progressing…
Should Labour councils pass illegal budgets?
By Daniel Blaney On Saturday 15th January, the Labour Representation Committee (“LRC”) AGM voted, pretty overwhelmingly that: “Labour…
