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Every Christmas Eve, my Dad would take us kids to the West End of London. We had traditions that came and went - the windows at Selfridges, Hamley's grotto, carols around the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, chips from McDonalds and a…
Labour have a firm poll lead, intellectual coherence and vision, unity and momentum. None of which can be said of the Tories. From fag packets to pay day loans, the Tories have lost their understanding of who they are. That is possibly the…
Last night on Newsnight there was the beginning of an attempt to define Milibandism. An interesting and thoughtful film by Rafeal Behr was followed by a less than edifying debate between Behr and former Blair speechwriter Phil Collins. The…
If we haven't quite yet won hearts and minds, Labour has certainly captured the imagination and the political momentum with its promise of a price freeze on energy bills. It was a bold, audacious promise that spoke to the concerns of people…
Newsnight has a new editor. Ian Katz has been in pace for less than two months, and in that time he's made his priorities very clear. Less of that "boring snoring" news coverage and in depth analysis of political stories - there's clearly…
It's only one poll, but it's pretty conclusive. The work of the Cameron project to modernise the image of the Tory Party has failed. Who says so? ConservativeHome, that's who. The public still think the Tories want to cut services for the…
As Jacqui Smith pointed out the other day, Labour's advances in gender equality are good, but they are not yet great. 44% of the Shadow Cabinet is impressive - as are the women holding those positions. But there is more needed…
So now we know how low they will sink. It's pretty bloody low. We're 19 months from the general election. Which means about 18 months from the short campaign when rhetoric is usually ramped up. The disgusting behavior of the Daily Mail over…
Ed excels in Q & A. It is his element. The delegate sat next to me turned to me and said "he's very witty isn't he!". He fielded questions on rail, on housing, on local government, on the environment, on energy, disability and sexism in…
The Party reform debate was lively, but relatively well humoured. The leadership remained at pains to stress the desire to "mend not end" the union link (both Harriet Harman and Lord Collins made a point of using the phrase) and to stress…
My first ever blog post for this website (or indeed anywhere) was outlining my disgust at the revelations about Damian McBride's antics. Labour members deserved so much more. As Mark has written, the factionalism that scarred the…
One of my earliest memories of how mad left wing politics got in the 80s is of listening to a group of adults arguing over whether charity is inherently right wing. That by stepping in where the state was withdrawing, charities were…
