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These are volatile times for established political parties, politicians and politics itself. Wherever we look; the old elites are creaking, the new elites are largely untested and political fragility looms large. To compound the difficulty…
Harriet Harman delivered an excellent speech today; encouraging change within the Labour Party in order for us to once again become trusted to govern. Harriet was right to talk about the futility of labels, the scale of our rejection, and…
Outside of the bubble of the short campaign, Labour MPs knew earlier this year that the kind of defeat that has now transpired was heading our way. The campaign was a galvanizing movement: Ed Miliband performed exceptionally well, drove a…
As a shadow health minister, runner, fell walker and Type-1 diabetic I’ve undertaken much study of the emerging science, art and practice of medical wearable technologies. Whether considering the Jawbone, Misfit Shine, iWatch or any of the…
The 2004 US Presidential Election gave rise to a new form of political terminology: ‘Swiftboating’. For those of you too young or simply disinterested to remember, the term comes from a smear campaign conducted against Democratic…
After a dreadful summer, the Scottish Independence referendum –and the developments that followed it – have again illustrated David Cameron’s inept political judgment. From the single question on the Scottish ballot, to the woefully…
After one of the greatest shocks to the global financial market, UK plc is tentatively getting back on track. Unemployment is at a six-year low, and the UK economy grew by 3.2% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year…
With a name like Jamieson, my Scottish ancestry is clearly advertised. I am named after my Fifer Grandfather who left Scotland to work on Clement Atlee’s new nuclear project on the remote western coast of what was then Cumberland. Atlee…
Certain cultural shifts are defined by those figures who embody the energy, vibrancy and immediacy of those periods of change. For my father’s generation, that figure was Buddy Holly, for me and my group of friends growing up in West…
The Conservative Party’s opposition to Ed Miliband’s new GP access guarantee shows they have given up on standing up for patients. Unlike the Tories, Labour wants all patients to have decent access to their GP surgery. That’s why the…
In 1991 Gerald Ratner - Chief Executive of Ratner’s, the world's biggest jeweler and one of the most visible brands on the British high street – gave a speech at the Institute of Directors in which he described some of the products sold by…
It really wasn’t meant to be like this. With recess approaching, the Tory machine hatched a strategy for the parliamentary break based upon their weakest area: the NHS. Misguided and foolhardy, two weeks ago the Tory spinners briefed the…
