Devolution should mean giving more power to councils
Whatever the outcome of September’s referendum on Scottish independence, there needs to be a radical change to the…
Luke Akehurst
The Labour leader Miliband most resembles? Clem Attlee
The capacity of the Labour Party to go into headless chicken mode never fails to amaze me. Reading…
Labour have had a wasted week – we can’t afford any more of them
We are too near the General Election to excuse the lack of focus we have exhibited over the…
Giving up on the “white working class” is a 20% strategy
John McTernan’s recent analysis of Labour and British politics has been rather good. I was therefore rather surprised…
10 things I won’t miss about being a councillor
As this post hints, I loved my 12 years as a Hackney Labour councillor. I would urge anyone considering…
Election scorecard: how did we do?
Every year I look in advance of the May elections at what the measures of success will be…
10 ways that YOU can help Labour win on Thursday
I’m writing this too near the elections on Thursday to want to write anything that isn’t directly related to helping…
10 things to bear in mind as we look at the Tory poll leads
Lord Ashcroft’s much-heralded new series of opinion polls couldn’t have started with more of a bang – a…
How Labour can stop Nigel Farage
Last week I wrote about the potential impact of UKIP on the Tories. This week I wanted to…
Could we be witnessing the death of the Conservative Party?
With all the hype about UKIP people seem to be missing the real – though linked – story…
