The LIBORs we tell ourselves
The LIBOR scandal is being commented on as the scandal that will break the camel’s back. The one…
Emma Burnell
Globalisation and Internationalism
Last week I was delighted to spend the first half of the week in Strasbourg visiting and learning…
It’s the hope I can’t stand
This is not the blog post I expected to write. I’ve been on the NPF for just under…
In praise of Iain McNicol
Sometimes I can be a bit of a gloomy bugger. When it was all kicking off at Victoria…
Mulder, Scully, Ed and the Fabians
I’m an odd sort of politico at times. Like all other political obsessives, I have my passions, my…
Subversives, the sausage-making process and Cold War syndrome
Every organisation needs someone whose job it is to think their rivals are excelling and formulate the arguments…
The Tories have laid the foundations of disaster in London
And so it begins. Newham Council’s decision to attempt to rehouse 500 families 160 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent…
A new energy?
I haven’t been the happiest of campers lately. I’ve been frustrated at the disorganisation of Labour’s journey of…
Are Lib Dems proving that coalition works?
One of the frequently cited reasons for Lib Dems remaining in the Coalition is that they are proving…
Give activists a #labourbreak
It isn’t much fun being a Labour activist right now. I suspect being a Lib Dem activist gives…
