Dave Anderson: Why I’m standing to represent local parties on Labour’s NEC
As this hapless government lurches from one catastrophe to the next, and we continue to see sterling performances…
Dave Anderson
Internal fighting must not distract us from reconnecting with working people
Labour faces a crisis. Boundary changes and internal disputes are bad enough but the clearest challenge is surely…
Andy Burnham offers Labour values and leadership
The deadline for signing up as a member, affiliated supporter or registered supporter to vote in the Labour…
An open letter to Stephen Timms MP
Dear Stephen Following your uncharacteristic attack on myself and 47 other comrades, I thought I would just send…
The talent we need to improve Labour’s image already lies on our backbenches
The message that Labour will repeal the bedroom tax and the NHS reforms and initiate a massive programme…
When it comes to Scotland, where we are now reminds me of the miners’ strike
Although a supporter of the No campaign in Scotland, I hadn’t intended to do anything other than work…
The story of Hetton
I write this as the immensely proud Member of Parliament for Blaydon. I write it in the aftermath…
So much for that union “influence” in the Labour Party
As the fallout from Ed Miliband’s speech about changing the relationship between his party and the unions continue,…
Kurdish lessons for Syria
With my Unison colleagues I took part in the major demonstration in February 2003 to stop the war…
We need considered solutions not panicked gimmicks
By Dave Anderson MP The recent riots starkly reminded everyone that society is nasty and brutish without order.…
