Labour does not need uniformity, but unity
On Friday evening I went to my local Labour Party meeting in Oxford. What we had hoped would…
Luke Akehurst MP
It wasn’t what was in our manifesto that was the problem, it was what was missing
Well that was an unmitigated disaster. Last Thursday wasn’t the re-run of 1992 that some had feared, it…
If Labour has the chance to form a government, we will have a constitutional duty to accept
We are getting near to the end of what, because the fixed-term Parliament has meant we have always…
Scotland – it’s not over until the bagpiper plays
Yesterday’s TNS poll of Scottish General Election voting intentions has caused more justifiable doom and gloom regarding Scottish…
The vital battle for the soul of the Co-operative movement
While the rest of the Labour movement is trying with all its might to remove the Tories from…
The seats where Labour’s ground game could decide the election
This looks like being one of the closest and most unpredictable General Elections ever. A handful of votes…
We don’t need leaked memos to understand what Sturgeon wants
I found it difficult to get excited about the Telegraph story alleging SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon had told…
Miliband’s carefully calibrated balancing act
The next few weeks could see a lot happen – in 2010 we had Cleggmania and the Lib…
South Thanet – a “wildcard” seat that Labour can win
In this closest of General Elections people will rightly be focused on their nearest key marginal seat. But…
The SNP would bring nothing but trouble to a coalition government – Miliband was right to rule one out (eventually)
Thanks to the Scottish independence referendum, we really are in an odd situation. Labour is doing not badly…
