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Towards the end of February Labour launched, to little fanfare, its ‘shadow defence review’. The consultation paper will evaluate the threats to Britain’s national security in the decades to come and defend Labour’s record on the issue…
Liberty, equality and solidarity are the political philosophies upon which the Labour Party was formed. The intellectual history of the party from its nineteenth century origins in the labour movement, through the twentieth century, and…
It is difficult to think of any other country in the world where politicians are hounded quite as much as they are here in the UK. The media work, to use a phrase from a past leader, like “feral beasts” tearing people and reputations apart…
Ever since the Labour Representation Committee, the Independent Labour Party, the Social Democratic Federation and the Fabians, an alliance of trade union organisations and intellectuals seeking parliamentary representation to protect…
This seat won’t win Labour the next general election. You won’t see it on any target list, or flashing up on the screen on election night as David Dimbleby breathlessly announces an unexpected gain. Just 9% of its electorate voted Labour at…
The downfall of a dictator is always welcome. Especially welcome is the downfall of Colonel Gaddafi's brutal and quixotic rule of Libya. Thus ends the west's contorted relationship with the serial tyrant. Until a few years ago, his toppling…
By David Talbot / @_davetalbot A former Prime Minister has for some years played a significant paid advisory role for a secretive Washington DC-based private equity firm with annual revenues of over bn. It is hard to imagine an address…
By David Talbot When cuts of up to 25% in police budgets were first mooted by the Conservative-led government last September the police went into default mode and howled blue murder. The police duly warned that cuts would create a…
By David Talbot / @_davetalbot Thanks to the government's new e-petition initiative, any subject with more than 100,000 signatories has to be considered by the House of Commons for debate. The scheme was officially launched yesterday and…
By David Talbot The phone hacking scandal has produced a toxic fallout for the government and for the Prime Minister in particular, who has undoubtedly been weakened by the unfolding events. An exhausted looking Cameron rose to his feet in…
By David Talbot / @_davetalbot In January of 2007 the News of the World's royal editor, Clive Goodman, was jailed for hacking into the phone of three Royal aides. Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator, who had been on the paper's payroll…
By Dave Talbot / @_davetalbot Thursday's YouGov poll for The Sun had headline figures of CON 37%, LAB 42%, LDEM 8% - which is very much in line with most recent polling. There can be no doubt that Labour's position has improved dramatically…
