Comment They want a war over statues. I’d rather see a plan for rehabilitating offenders The old phrase is that politicians ‘campaign in poetry but govern in prose’. The truth is that Boris… Jake Richards 19th March, 2021, 8:00 am
Comment Labour must be confident in making the case for the Human Rights Act Just a few months after Labour’s 1997 landslide general election victory, the new government published a white paper… Jake Richards & Sarah Sackman 5th March, 2021, 2:40 pm
Comment Constitutional reform is not sexy, but it’s key to building a progressive agenda John Spellar MP recently wrote a piece for LabourList complaining about “constitution-mongering”. It began with the claim that… Jake Richards & George Peretz 18th February, 2021, 3:51 pm
Comment Why won’t the government ensure the UK never turns a blind eye to genocide? It is trite, but true, that the vast majority of politicians from across the spectrum go into politics… Jake Richards 5th February, 2021, 1:10 pm
Comment Tory cuts, not just Covid, led to the courts backlog now denying people justice An eminent criminal solicitor recently tweeted a story of a client, born in 2001, who had allegedly committed… Jake Richards 22nd January, 2021, 8:00 am
Comment Labour must accept the role played by personal responsibility in Covid failures An intensive care doctor at the UCL hospital in central London, commenting on the rising infection rate, recently… Jake Richards 8th January, 2021, 7:30 am
Comment Why the new ‘independent review’ of the Human Rights Act is worrying The Conservative government launched an ‘independent review of the Human Rights Act’ this week. After years of huffing and… Jake Richards 11th December, 2020, 7:30 am
Comment The government is failing victims of both the Windrush scandal and Grenfell fire Harold Wilson famously said: “A week is a long time in politics.” This rings true now more than… Jake Richards 27th November, 2020, 8:36 am
Comment Labour is rebuilding trust with our veterans and armed forces personnel Despite the ongoing challenges of a global pandemic, this week the Labour Party has remembered those who faced… Jake Richards 13th November, 2020, 8:00 am
Comment Labour should build a transformational devolution agenda – and not stop there Law professor Sionaidh Douglass-Scott recently said that “constitution-building is a bit like dentistry: there’s never a good time… Jake Richards 23rd October, 2020, 8:51 am