It’s about the people
Last year, my last post before the Christmas break was a paean to love. I was reflecting a…
Emma Burnell
Sexism still lies at the heart of all aspects of public life
Here are some things that have happened over the last week: On Sunday, news broke of the list…
I have lost a lifelong hero
Every Christmas Eve, my Dad would take us kids to the West End of London. We had traditions…
The Confidence Trick
Labour have a firm poll lead, intellectual coherence and vision, unity and momentum. None of which can be…
Milibanites must stand up and be counted
Last night on Newsnight there was the beginning of an attempt to define Milibandism. An interesting and thoughtful…
20 months to transform society
If we haven’t quite yet won hearts and minds, Labour has certainly captured the imagination and the political…
Snoozenight
Newsnight has a new editor. Ian Katz has been in pace for less than two months, and in…
Tory modernisation has failed – what now?
It’s only one poll, but it’s pretty conclusive. The work of the Cameron project to modernise the image…
Labour women make strategy, not tea!
As Jacqui Smith pointed out the other day, Labour’s advances in gender equality are good, but they are…
Labour must be strong in the face of what will be a two year onslaught
So now we know how low they will sink. It’s pretty bloody low. We’re 19 months from the…
