Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk There's no doubt that in the final years of the last government Labour lost touch with the concerns of the electorate. You don't slump to 29% of the vote on a low turnout if you're still capturing the…

Cracks are appearing in what once seemed to be a united front over Libya. Divisions have opened up between the government and the army over whether Gaddafi is a legitimate military target. Whilst the motion on military intervention passed…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... What are your private sector horror stories? - Liberal Conspiracy By Owen Jones Bloated. Inefficient. Wasteful. Pampered…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk There's an interesting post by Don Paskini over at Liberal Conspiracy today that asks whether or not the Lib Dems are able to save the NHS. He also goes on to describe a plausible and sensible course of…

Today's news is obviously dominated by events in Libya - especially as MPs vote on military action today - but as Luke Akehurst has noted on LabourList this morning, it's important to remember that there are two events this week - the…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today Leicester South members selected Jon Ashworth as Labour's candidate for the upcoming by-election. Ashworth won on the first ballot. Congratulations to Jon and commisserations to the other shortlisted…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... A moment of hope and a word of praise - Hopi Sen By Hopi Sen After what feels like an age of indecision, yet is in fact less…

Today's news will obviously be dominated by the decision by the UN security council to back the implementation of a no-fly zone over Libya. The Guardian say that Gaddafi has forced Obama's hand after weeks of pondering, but the FT suggests…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... The poor lose out to the privileged in the coalition's education policy - Comment is Free By James Mills George Orwell…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk There has already been analysis elsewhere of the latest Ipsos-Mori poll, and what this means for both the government and the opposition. Others have chosen to look at who (or more specifically which Ed) is…

No-one can accuse Lord Hutton of seeking easy popularity. After inucurring the wrath of many in the party with his decision to work for the government on public sector pension reform, the former business secretary has today written an…

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... The greatest lesson from New Labour is that winners have no time for nostalgia - Labour Uncut by Tom Watson It is not true…