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Marcus Roberts wrote a convincing ten point plan on what Ken needs to do to win. I agree with nine and half of his points. Not bad going. However, I also slightly disagree with the premise as a whole. Because I think it buys into the half a…
The dream politician is independent minded. They also agree with everything I think. The dream politician takes on their Party, but doesn’t rock the boat. The dream politician is fair and even-handed. Except when it comes to my special…
By most accounts yesterday went well (the Prime Minister begged to differ, but then in the words of supreme political commentator Mandy Rice-Davies, “Well he would, wouldn’t he?”). The strike generated a reasonable amount of support from…
Margaret Thatcher is a frail 86 year old woman. The ultimate Big Beast of politics may not be with us for long, But with a new film coming out celebrating her life, Her last act may well echo her Premiership: long, drawn out and a disaster…
We’re angry. We see the destruction that is happening everywhere. The chaos that is the tip of the iceberg in our NHS , the violence on the streets as the rules of society fail, the loss of cherished services, the dreams of the children of…
“Remember the War against Franco? That’s the Kind where each of us belongs. Though he may have won all the battles... We had all the good songs!” Tom Lehrer, Folk Song Army A long-running discussion has been had both in the Labour Party and…
This weekend will see the six month anniversary of the bruising AV referendum. I have just finished reading Lewis Baston and Ken Ritchie's excellent book Don't Take No for an Answer which covers the referendum in detail and outlines…
Can you imagine the fuss if there would be if every time the Shadow Cabinet discussed a policy, every single time, Harriet Harman, Yvette Cooper and Caroline Flint tried to start a discussion about its impact on women? They would be accused…
It has been an honour and a privilege for me to get to know some amazing women through the Labour Party and through many other walks of life. From my wonderful mother who runs a small business to my friends who do jobs as diverse as theatre…
There is a great deal to be proud of in being British. We invented trains and television and cheddar cheese. We're a nice, moderate democratic country. We have a culture of looking after our own through free healthcare, education and public…
So, the 99% movement. I don’t write about movement politics much, because it’s not my area of speciality. I’m an evolutionary not revolutionary socialist, and my chosen path for attempting to affect societal change is through the Labour…
When I was a little girl, I was read a terrifying, horrific, mesmerising short story called The Patchwork Monkey. My God that story scared me. For weeks afterwards it haunted my dreams. My sister soon learned that if she wanted anything…
