PMQs Verdict: A taxing ding-dong before a long, hot summer
It’s warm in Westminster today. The kind of day where it feels like the sun is cracking the…
Mark Ferguson
What might Labour’s reshuffle look like?
The Tory reshuffle will take place tomorrow – that’s almost certain now, with diaries cleared for tomorrow and briefings…
Beware politicians bearing “emergency” laws
If life has taught me anything, it’s to approach politicians bearing “emergency laws” with extreme suspicion bordering on…
PMQs verdict: A PMQs of two halves
Sometimes the main subject for PMQs is clear. With what appears to be systematic establishment-level child abuse (and…
Could Labour make a rail announcement this week? And where does that leave the NPF?
The Guardian reports this morning that the Labour Party will this week announce plans to allow state owned…
Healey and Rotheram elected to NEC – but Skinner loses his seat
Today the Parliamentary Labour Party were electing their members of the National Executive Committee (NEC). Former Deputy Leader…
PMQs verdict: Going through the motions
There were many subjects that could have dominated PMQs this week. For example, ISIS have now declared a…
A modern, hopeful Socialism – Cruddas does the vision thing
Now that Labour has a basket of policies – good policies, and more announced today – the debate…
The Adonis review isn’t sexy – but it could rebuild cities, renew communities and change lives
Tonight, Jon Cruddas – who has been in the limelight more than he’d probably like in the last…
If the policy review is being “parked”, Cruddas needs to get it moving, not trash it
Recently I was at a event when a member of the Shadow Cabinet tapped me on the shoulder.…
