David Green

It’s easy to miss what’s right in front of your nose. Labour continues to look for guidance about how to be a successful opposition, and put itself in a position to be an effective government after the next election. But some of the best…

As celebrity endorsements go, it was lacklustre, and for a celebrity revelation, it was deeply humdrum. However, Anthony McPartlin’s ‘confession’ that he voted Conservative at the last election prompted comment, and should give those…

I read Luke Akehurst’s concern yesterday about the strength of the Labour-union link, and about the decline in the proportion of party members who are also union members, or prepared to join. Like Luke I am a union member, and like Luke I…

By David Green During yesterday's predictable furore over the start of the Pope's visit to the UK, I found a picture in this BBC gallery. It's of a little boy, waiting for the Pope to land in Edinburgh: despite clearly going to the effort…

By David Green / @ItsDaveGreen Let's admit it: the next election is going to be a tough one to win. This is especially true in London, where there are a number of critical marginals - particularly in outer London, which is prone to…

By David Green / @davegreen I've just read Tom Copley's article about faith schools, and fear he may be missing the elephant in the British education system's living room. Although it's contained in quite a lot of unhelpful hyperbole, there…