Election night: Nowhere to hide
These are volatile times for established political parties, politicians and politics itself. Wherever we look; the old elites…
Jamie Reed
Memo to the next Labour Leader: apologise, empower, win
Harriet Harman delivered an excellent speech today; encouraging change within the Labour Party in order for us to…
We saw it coming
Outside of the bubble of the short campaign, Labour MPs knew earlier this year that the kind…
Our Friends Electric
As a shadow health minister, runner, fell walker and Type-1 diabetic I’ve undertaken much study of the emerging…
Swiftboating 2015
The 2004 US Presidential Election gave rise to a new form of political terminology: ‘Swiftboating’. For those of…
It’s incontestable – we need change in England
After a dreadful summer, the Scottish Independence referendum –and the developments that followed it – have again illustrated…
Power to the regions
After one of the greatest shocks to the global financial market, UK plc is tentatively getting back on…
A message to the people of Scotland – “Tory England” is a wicked lie
With a name like Jamieson, my Scottish ancestry is clearly advertised. I am named after my Fifer Grandfather…
Goodbye ‘People’s Poet’. You changed my life forever.
Certain cultural shifts are defined by those figures who embody the energy, vibrancy and immediacy of those periods…
The Tories have given up on standing up for patients
The Conservative Party’s opposition to Ed Miliband’s new GP access guarantee shows they have given up on standing…
