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Tony Blair has called for the debate over Brexit to keep all options open and the Lib Dems have declared the Richmond Park by-election to be all about Remain. Labour MPs, both right and left of the party, are sadly failing our democracy…
I don’t know what it is to be British any more. It’s clearly not English, it’s clearly not Welsh. It might be Scottish, it might be Northern Irish. It’s no longer European. It should be about tolerance, not hate. I believe London at least…
So, with some surprise, the East Coast franchise has not been won by a foreign public sector operator but by a private sector operator: a Virgin/Stagecoach joint venture. Mick Cash of the RMT has called it "an act of utter betrayal”. It’s…
Yesterday's open letter to the Independent highlighted the funding crisis facing the NHS. As the population both grows and ages, we are going to need more and more health care and the nature of the NHS must change from treatment to…
So Mr. Carr has been sending his dosh to a little tax haven and getting it back as a “loan” to avoid paying tax. Cameron jumps on the bandwagon and calls it “immoral” without shouting the same insult to his wealthy donors and fellow…
I have joined the party twice. The first time I joined, I received a couple of things in the post and that was it. So I didn’t bother renewing my membership. When I rejoined in 2008, it was because at the time, I was looking for a way to…
So the Financial Transactions Tax (“FTT”) seems to be stuck in a rut at the moment. Last month, Chris Leslie MP voiced Labour's support for the FTT provided that it was an international tax. In a rare show of cross party political…
Well that was a fun 24 hours, but then the deliberately provocative headline was kind of begging for it. Many thanks in particular to Emma Burnell for taking the time to write a more considered response; much more refreshing than some of…
So Gadaffi has been killed. This has been regarded as the last major hurdle to the road to peace in Libya. It has been widely assumed that once Gadaffi was removed from the picture, his last supporters would disappear into the wilderness…
By Mark Rowney / @markrowney When I was about 17, I answered the doorbell. There was this kid from just down the road that I'd seen about and he asked me, "Do ewe like yer car mister? We can torch it fer ya, if ewe like?". It was a common…
By Mark Rowney / @markrowney We don't have enough women in politics and particularly in parliament. We should therefore take steps to encourage more women to run for office and to take leadership roles in the shadow cabinet. The strategy of…
By Mark Rowney So we all know that the economy is in a shaky state and that the need to cut the deficit is a priority for the country. The argument rages about how to do so and at what pace. What taxes to raise? What spending to cut? When…
