‘No Cuts’ isn’t just a slogan, it’s worse than that
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst Like most Labour activists I feel like the fight against cuts has become…
Luke Akehurst MP
Winner of idiotic remark of the weekend award
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst Winner of idiotic remark of the weekend award goes to Tory Cabinet Minister…
NEC Report: January 25th
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst The full Labour Party National Executive Committee met yesterday. As before I will…
Ideas from Labour’s past not to revisit #1
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst This is number one in what might turn out to be a depressingly…
Building the Party: Politics and culture, not structure
Last week we launched our new “Building the Party” series, by asking how the party should be reformed,…
Working with the Lib Dems – will they ever learn?
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst You would have thought after the Lib Dems showed their true colours by…
AV: Labour shouldn’t take sides
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I’m a big supporter of AV – the Alternative Vote system as used…
A new night has fallen, has it not?
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst In amongst all the crazy and harmful cuts yesterday, all of which will…
The limits of triangulation
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I thought I ought to try to contribute something to the debate about…
Public services: Improvement doesn’t always need reform
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst I read John Woodcock’s piece on Labour Uncut saying Labour must be the…
