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By Darrell Goodliffe Today Labour's National Executive Committee meets to discuss much-needed party reform. Whatever hue or shade of Labour opinion we represent, I think we can at least agree overwhelmingly on the basic point, our party…
By Darrell Goodliffe Two recent pieces of information have seemed, on the surface, to vindicate the leaderships focus on the 'squeezed middle'. Yesterday, we had the news that the overwhelming majority of Britons consider themselves…
By Darrell Goodliffe I opposed Iraq, continue to oppose our presence in Afghanistan but support UN Resolution 1973 (2011) and the international efforts to aid the rebels in Libya as they stand. I don't intend to expand on that point here…
By Darrell Goodliffe It is not surprising in the slightest that the decision by Compass to open-out its membership has led to a spate of resignations. The decision and particularly its timing is frankly mind-boggling. As an organisation it…
By Darrell Goodliffe Looking objectively at the situation in Libya, we can say straight away - it is not Iraq or Afghanistan. In both cases, military intervention aimed at 'regime change' substituted itself for the democratic movement of…
By Darrell Goodliffe In what was a surprise result, the United Kingdom Independence Party came second in the Barnsley Central by-election. One of the things that struck me immediately was the overtly dismissive reaction to this result. On…
By Darrell Goodliffe I am fully in favour of a living wage and making it work. I would therefore welcome a Labour Party commitment to this policy. However, I do have problems with the insistence it should be voluntary which is clearly…
By Darrell Goodliffe Events in the Middle East and North Africa are both inspiring and terrifying. The commitment and dedication of the people to democracy and willingness to sacrifice is inspiring. Conversely, the actions of the decaying…
By Darrell Goodliffe I wasn't at the same demonstration as Mark Ferguson on Saturday. Instead of being in London I was in Manchester. I understand some of the problems he describes; that the energies of the movement seemed scattered…
By Darrell Goodliffe Its been a bit concerning to see the lack of coverage of events in Tunisia and more recently Egypt on the traditional Labour blogsphere. However, to be entirely fair this is something of a reflection of the lack of…
By Darrell Goodliffe So, our Head of Communications, Tom Baldwin, has written to media outlets calling for them to stop calling the government the coalition and start refering to it as 'Tory-led'. Personally, I don't like the 'Tory-led'…
By Darrell Goodliffe Our result in Oldham East & Saddleworth was impressive. Initially, I had thought the damage done by Phil Woolas would prove to be irreparable in such a short time. In other circumstances things may have been trickier…
