Comment Labour must wake up and change the way it campaigns, or continue losing In 2015, I faced a new Tory candidate who presented himself in my constituency less than a year… Ian Lucas 18th August, 2022, 4:30 pm
Featured My visit to Israel and Palestine this week has strengthened my commitment to a two state solution Since Operation Protective Edge began in early July, at least 1,360 Palestinians have been killed, mostly civilians, and… Ian Lucas 31st July, 2014, 4:15 pm
Comment Today’s CSR is bizarre – because it ignores the result of the next election Today’s Comprehensive Spending Review statement is bizarre. It belongs to a Coalition Government which ends in May 2015 but… Ian Lucas 26th June, 2013, 11:59 am
Comment Unity is Strength – what Labour can learn from Harold Wilson Harold Wilson was a political giant in my formative years. His battles with Edward Heath are my first… Ian Lucas 18th February, 2013, 6:14 pm
Comment Unfinished Business: Boundary Changes, Breaches of Contract and the Coalition It has been a curious political August. Nick Clegg’s statement on the Liberal Democrats’ intention to vote against… Ian Lucas 22nd August, 2012, 4:31 pm
Comment Why people are still talking about Ed’s conference speech in Liverpool Remember what happened in 2007 and 2008? We had the biggest global financial crisis since 1929. I am… Ian Lucas 20th December, 2011, 3:02 pm
Comment Thanks Dad My Dad died in September aged 87. This Sunday will be my first Remembrance Sunday without him. I… Ian Lucas 11th November, 2011, 8:30 am
Comment The government is strangling success This week, at the same time as the UK Government talked about new jobs and growth, Labour forced… Ian Lucas 3rd November, 2011, 4:22 pm
Archives BIS: A failing department By Ian Lucas MP “Growth is the government’s top priority and every part of government is focused on… Ian Lucas 17th August, 2011, 8:34 am
Archives Pandora’s Box and Labour hope By Ian Lucas MP The effect of devolution on the UK has always been grossly underestimated. Now open,… Ian Lucas 13th May, 2011, 3:38 pm