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Editor's Note: Recently, Labour activist (and LabourList columnist) Emma Burnell, and Lib Dem activist (and blogger) Mark Thompson have been exchanging letters in response to Alex Hilton's "Losing Faith" post on LabourList two weeks ago…
There has, quite rightly, been a great deal of focus recently about Labour’s relationships with business and business people. It is widely agreed that Labour need to develop a relationship with business that has been lacking in recent…
This week saw the launch of the ludicrous “Coalition for Marriage” (though apparently they prefer C4M – I’m guessing because they’re so down with the kids…). While I am deeply concerned at the increasingly febrile atmosphere surrounding…
I was shocked to read on Lib Dem Voice that Nick Clegg has asked David Laws to lead the negotiations for the Lib Dems on party funding. I simply can't imagine anyone worse placed to do so. Leaving aside the obvious questions around the…
I love Twitter. I love the instant reaction to whatever is happening in the world. I love the silly jokes and memes . I love the people I talk to regularly from all over the UK and the genuine sense of community that is built up. I’m a…
David Cameron is not very good at politics. I realise this is counter-intuitive but it’s true. He’s good in the moment. He can fly by the seat of his pants like few other politicians. I’d call him agile, but he’s not good enough at hiding…
Here's something we don't hear often enough: Labour are doing ok in the polls. Consistently polling in the late 30s is not bad at all. Under different circumstances, it could win us an election. No, the problem is not that Labour are doing…
Something is really frightening me. Have you heard about the Shadow Cabinet minister who said something disloyal? How about the daft blogger with a superiority complex? What about the policy forum that shouts into a bottomless void? It's…
David Cameron is currently the most popular party leader. According to all polls he’s winning the popularity contest hands down. Labour have to acknowledge that this is true before we can change it. But change it we must. There’s been a…
Gosh Ed’s getting a lot of advice at the moment. Well, I say a lot, most of it seems to boil down to the same two key elements: Ed needs to define himself better and Ed needs to be bold. Sometime Ed is told to boldly define himself…
This time last year, I wrote a post with 11 predictions for 2011. One of the joys of blogging for me is the chance to reflect and grow. To see where I’ve called it right and where I haven’t and to learn from both of these. For example, I…
The Tories have stopped pretending to have changed. They’ve given up trying to convince us they are the party of the NHS, put down the Huskies and turned the water cannons on the hoodies they once hugged. The Tories have reverted to type…
