Why we can’t do without All-Women Shortlists
The perennial issue of All Women Shortlists (AWS) has raised its head again, with Cynon Valley CLP extremely…
Luke Akehurst MP
Something amazing has happened to the Labour Party
Something amazing has happened to the Labour Party and we have all grown so accustomed to it already…
Why the National Policy Forum matters
Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) meets this weekend. Zzzzzzzzzzzz … I hear the reaction from all but the…
5 reasons why I love the NHS
Labour’s summer push to highlight the anniversary of the foundation of the NHS (through imaginative online campaigning such…
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…
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…
