Why yesterday’s letter to the Guardian was a mistake
Well this is a tricky one. Some of my best friends in politics – including the editor of…
Luke Akehurst MP
Praise Benn – but never forget the damage he did to Labour
I was saddened to hear of Tony Benn’s death. I only met him once – at Party Conference…
Gordon Brown still has something significant to contribute to political life
Out of the corner of my eye yesterday I spotted someone on the rolling news. He looked vaguely…
Now it’s all about the implementation
Phew! Labour just managed to radically reform itself and increase its internal democracy and transparency, without a massive…
Desperate Tories descend into the gutter
A good indicator of how worried the Tory party is about the coming General Election is the degree…
How Labour suffers from “let’s ignore everyone except the Tories” syndrome
The most positive aspect of an altogether very pleasing by-election result in Wythenshawe and Sale East was the…
Ed’s speech on public services – the difference I voted for
The 2010 Labour leadership election now feels like a long time ago. But the choices we made as…
Party reform – an omelette without breaking any political eggs
The first thing that needs saying about the proposals on party reform that Ray Collins is tabling at…
What a difference two years make
The reaction to Ed Balls’ speech on deficit reduction at the Fabian New Year Conference on Saturday couldn’t…
8 reasons Labour has a good chance of an overall majority
There was a flurry of panicky tweets early last week when Labour’s poll lead dipped to 3 points…
