From optimist to pessimist
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I’m normally an optimist about politics but the riots last week have left…
Luke Akehurst MP
Rest in peace young comrades
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I’ve put off writing about the attacks in Norway because like most people…
I told you so
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst There have been points during the last ten months when being an Ed…
Blair’s Progress speech gets 7/10
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I was in the audience for Tony Blair’s speech to Progress on Friday…
Labour NEC, CAC and NCC elections
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst For the geekier Labour watchers amongst you, the nominations have closed on a…
LabourList readers need to buck their ideas up
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I read Mark Ferguson’s post about Ed Miliband’s stance on last week’s public…
How we can win again in the South
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst John Denham is an interesting, possibly unique politician in a couple of respects…
“A period of silence on your part would be welcome”
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I supported Ed Miliband in last year’s leadership contest. But if he hadn’t…
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst The title comes from Wordsworth’s “French Revolution” but I’ve used it to sum…
Hitting the Boundary
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst The next general election is going to be tough to win, with a…
