Comment We must “disagree without being disagreeable” to win again In his last act as Labour leader, Ed Miliband bequeathed standards for the leadership election that will help… John Slinger 12th May, 2015, 3:22 pm
Comment Labour can change the false narrative with a reality check A false narrative has developed about Labour that must be rejected comprehensively by a party aiming to govern… John Slinger 23rd November, 2014, 1:14 pm
Comment Recall of Parliament: MPs must redefine the art of the possible Bismarck said “diplomacy is the art of the possible”. The “possible” exists at the interface between what we… John Slinger 25th September, 2014, 2:14 pm
Comment HS2 and Trident should not be grand projects when there is a grand housing crisis “Follow the money”, they say in detective stories. Apply your inner Sherlock to the government’s grand projects in… John Slinger 25th March, 2014, 3:00 pm
Comment Labour is beginning to pass the “Pub Test” once again In Tony Blair’s apocryphal tale, he recounts how it dawned on him that the 1992 election was lost… John Slinger 2nd May, 2013, 12:39 pm
Comment Labour can ensure that all needn’t be lost in the lost decade(s) Much derided at the time, the phrase ‘squeezed middle’ became the Oxford English Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Year… John Slinger 20th December, 2011, 6:58 pm