Where are my sodding ballot papers?
I am genuinely enthusiastic about some of the candidates for Labour’s National Executive Committee and National Policy Forum.…
Grace Fletcher-Hackwood
Meeting Tweeting
It’s a packed-out hall on a spring evening. Almost two hundred Labour members have gathered to hear the…
The budget that ignored those looking for work
Osborne started by saying that his Budget supports working families and those looking for work – which was…
Taking a fence (title by Ed Miliband)
I was up late on Saturday, due to my twenty-four-hour party people lifestyle (3pm-9pm: check emails, play Tetris;…
My New Year’s Resolutions for a year in local government
Around this time last year I asked around for some suggested New Year’s Resolutions. Amongst some anguished cries…
The Labour Party is a broad church – but the word ‘Labour’ still means ‘work’
The Labour Party is a broad church. We have room for everyone from Jeremy Corbyn to Tom Harris…
When people miss the point
There’s nothing more embarrassing than when people miss the point. We’ve all seen it. The one guest who…
Labour Blackpool, but no doughnuts
Over the weekend I was in Blackpool (or, as Ed Miliband and everyone else described themselves over the…
The really scary story about gender equality
(Domestic violence trigger warning) Happy Halloween, readers. Would you like to hear a scary story? For some, the…
How I was saved by Young Labour
At the weekend, both Manchester Young Labour and London Young Labour had their committee elections. I followed the…
