Can Labour win in the countryside?
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts At the last general election, I lived in Cumbria in Tim Farron’s constituency.…
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Why lowering the 50p rate may be progressive (next year)
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts This morning a letter from 20 economists in the Financial Times arguing that…
The absurdity of the energy debate
By Kieran Roberts Energy is probably the area that epitomises the battle between short termism and long termism…
Not quite the ‘Greenest government ever’…
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts A year ago today, David Cameron visited the Department of Energy and Climate…
The Big Society and our 13 year old alternative
By Kieran Roberts Already, we can glean two conclusions from the Big Society. The first is that a…
Housing and Climate – tackling two crises at once
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts 2010 wasn’t a good year for the green movement. It was the year…
Cable’s compassion is in “error”
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts I wrote last week that in a reply from the FCO, it was…
An open letter to the leadership candidates
By Kieran Roberts / @kieranlroberts Dear Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband & Ed Miliband, Since…
Introducing Labour Friends of Chagos Islanders
By Kieran Roberts At a time when our party is in a phase of renewal, now is a…
Be green, vote Labour on Thursday
By Kieran Roberts With a hung parliament increasingly likely, the popular vote may be more important than ever.…
