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In 2020, Labour will have been out of office for ten years. Tony Blair will have been out of office for thirteen. Blairism is dead. I know this because what was once a phrase that once meant a quite specific approach on the right of the…
Politics provokes great passions. Those involved in politics care deeply about the issues that brought them in to activism and the ideology that provides the framework to solving those issues. I am a big believer in passion in politics…
The Chancellor giveth, and the Chancellor taketh away. And taketh away, And taketh away. Don't be fooled. While the abandonment of Tax Credits cuts is to be welcomed - and should be rightly lauded as a genuine victory for Labour's…
It's been a horrible week. People murdered in the most horrendous way joined the international death toll that goes up every day in Syria, in Iraq, in Nigeria. The thoughts I have I was coming to before last Friday, but the events of this…
This is the question that sits under the debate that has refused to be quelled even by the incredibly decisive vote in the leadership contest. It transcends individual policies - though they are frequently a proxy for it (for example…
Jeremy Corbyn has been doing extremely well over the past few weeks at getting David Cameron on the ropes at PMQs. Yesterday was another good example, where his questioning on Tax Credits - in particular illustrating this with a question on…
Tax credits are fast becoming a millstone around the neck of the Tory Party. Osborne is said to be in "listening mode" but as an excellent piece written by Flipchart Rick demonstrates, there really isn't a great deal of wiggle room for…
Last week, I wrote of George Osborne as favourite to replace David Cameron as leader of the Conservatives. This is almost certainly still true. But Osborne's reputation is - rightly - plummeting. As I predicted might happen (though can't…
George Osborne is the current favourite for the Tory succession. He (along with retiring David Cameron and political strategist Lynton Crosby) is largely credited with the electoral success of the Tories. He's come a long way from the…
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr Is politics changing? If we are honest with ourselves, this is the biggest…
So I'm back from Brighton and conferenced out for another year. I've danced and sung, thought and listened, discussed and debated. I've commiserated with former PPC who weren't elected and celebrated with those who were. And I've met Party…
First there was the laughter. The revelation of rumours of David Cameron's alleged youthful indiscretion was what Twitter was made for. Within moments, #Hameron was trending worldwide. Having decided to have an early night after "a quick…
