John Denham

It will take some time to fully understand Thursday’s disaster. But the most difficult conclusion may be the one that our party has resisted for so long: in today’s confusing, fast changing and globalised world, the identity people feel…

Jim Murphy's comment that the cost of Scottish nurses will be largely be paid for by wealthy homeowners in London and the South East has created a predictable storm. Given Murphy's Unionist credentials it was surprising he linked taxes paid…

In this Parliament AV was rejected, Lords reform stumbled and even the Tories attempt to ‘equalise’ constituencies fell. ‘The Implications of Devolution for England’ already looks unhealthily like these other failed constitutional reforms…

Tory and Labour Council leaders unite to say ‘It’s England’s turn now’ for fair funding and local power. Civil society organisations, including the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Association of Chief Executives of…

Maya Goodfellow says Labour’s leadership is treading the UKIP-Tory path ‘by accepting that immigration is a problem at all’. This view is clearly shared held by a significant number of party members, so let me give a few reasons why she and…

With all the usual attention to the policy thrust of the Leader’s speech, too few commentators recognised the radical new approach to England when Ed Miliband’s spoke to conference on Tuesday. Identity, an inescapable part of politics in…

So it's a No. But the process of constitutional change is only just beginning. While it is not yet clear precisely what additional powers on tax, spending and welfare, the Scottish Parliament will get, the binding pledge of the main…

So we now have a timetable for new measures for further devolution to Scotland. It’s not entirely clear what these will be, though it seems they have been backed by both governing Westminster parties and Labour. What is clear is that the…

As the TV debates made clear, the future of the Union hangs on perceptions of the self interests of the Scottish people. Britain’s future as a country, identity or constitutional reality has played little role in the arguments north of the…

A substantial number of potential UKIP voters have voted Labour, have regarded themselves as ‘Labour people’ in communities that saw themselves as Labour. So how do we win them back? It can be hard to be told ‘I used to be Labour but you…