Labour should make a preferential option for the poor
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Today, Gordon Brown will seek to portray the modern Tory party as right…
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Compulsory voting?
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Following on from the recent debate about voting reform perhaps now is also…
When are the Tories going to deal with the Ashcroft question?
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Sooner or later, the Tories are going to have to deal with the…
Since 2001 Labour has been managerial, not inspirational – now Gordon needs to lead Team Bold
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon “At our best when at our boldest“: the words of one Tony Blair…
This is an opportunity for Gordon to press reset – and develop a new message of national fairness
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Now that the ‘snowstorm in tea cup‘ coup is over Gordon Brown, can…
Ditch the establishment image and give 16 year olds the vote
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon The voting age in Britain was last reduced nearly 40 years ago. Since…
Poppy fascism? No, wearing the red poppy is an act of remembrance and gratitude
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon There has been a huge fuss these past few days about whether people…
Why Purnell is right and Wheatcroft wrong
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Labour in government “contributed almost nothing new or imaginative to the pool of…
A Tory victory would usher in an era of ugly politics
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon It is more or less a foregone conclusion that unemployment in the UK…
Proposal #7: End hospital car parking charges in England
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon This article was first published on LabourList on September 10th, 2009. I live…
