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The first paragraph of Labour's 2017 manifesto states: “Labour accepts the referendum result and a Labour government will put the national interest first. We will prioritise jobs and living standards, build a close new relationship with the…
Like much of the north and the midlands, the Bassetlaw constituency I represent voted overwhelming to leave the European Union in June 2016. Bassetlaw residents voted by a decisive 70-30 margin to leave the EU. Whilst Labour’s vote share in…
Yesterday in the Treasury select committee, Philip Hammond did not seem particularly keen to answer my accusation that he is the chancellor of the wealthy south. A closer look at the figures, however, suggests he ought to take a closer look…
Over the past week we’ve heard shocking stories from people within our party and in parliament who have been harassed or abused by MPs. The Labour Party has always prided itself on supporting the most vulnerable in society but, in these…
There’s nothing quite like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On a day in which at least one major milestone in the fight against anti-Semitism in the Labour party was achieved the news has, instead, focussed on the mishandling and…
A bit of a hornets nest has been stirred up by my suggestion that those who didn’t vote Labour at the last election shouldn’t get a vote in the Labour leadership. A majority of those who have contacted me to disagree are explicit that…
Today, we have published the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism report. This new document which looks specifically at the anti-Jewish hatred emanating from the Middle East conflict, follows the first inquiry into antisemitism…
Yesterday the House of Commons Committee on Standards published its report into Maria Miller. I complained about the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to the expenses Commissioner because I believed that she had manipulated…
When Mark Harper MP resigned as Immigration Minister over the weekend, it all felt like something of a whitewash. Harper claimed that he felt that he should hold himself “to a higher standard than expected of others” and was offering his…
When Lord Rennard was first accused of sexual harassment, I challenged him publicly over his alleged behaviour and demanded that the Liberal Democrats investigate the claims. Nick Clegg has lamentably failed to deal with the issue. His…
It is the textbook political model. Term one establish your credibility. Term two build your organisation. However if you are in a highly marginal area, you must do it in reverse order. It is a message that a majority of new Tory MPs have…
In Germany, banking is harnessed and put to work pulling the community forward instead of taking it for a ride. Doing the same at here at home means we must accept, or champion even, the decline of the old model of investment banking. The…
