Labour online comms: needing to do more than wringing the last little drop of activity from our members
Obama taught us one major thing in how to use the net for politics: done the right way,…
Jon Worth
Helmer’s defection to UKIP ultimately the result of Tory confusion about selection processes
At one level I can’t get very worked up about Roger Helmer MEP defecting from the Tories to…
Abolishing an elected European Parliament is no way forward – a response to Jack Straw
I don’t know what annoys me more – that a high-level Labour politician can have such misguided ideas,…
2011: the year of Polish leadership in the EU
If last week was the week of Cameron’s walk out, this week has been the week of recriminations,…
A summary of this week’s shenanigans in Brussels
If you are in favour of the UK remaining a Member State of the European Union, this week’s…
The Eurozone summit: a fissure in the UK’s relationship with the EU
No-one can have expected the fissure in the UK’s relationship with the EU to come so soon, but…
Helmut Schmidt: the grandfather addresses the SPD
7000 attendees, more than 500 delegates, dozens of well known German and European politicians, and one notable elderly…
There’s something intriguing about UKIP
This week I was invited to speak at Exeter University Debating Society, opposing the motion “This house believes…
The runners for the next President of the PES
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen has today announced he is standing down as President of the PES. Over a period…
Time for a values-based discussion of Labour’s EU policy
When I joined the Labour Party as a wide-eyed 16-year old I’m pretty sure it was not with…
