‘Attlee’s power-with-purpose approach to politics has many lessons for us’
In 2004, a University of Leeds/Ipsos MORI poll of university academics rated Clement Attlee as the twentieth-century’s greatest…
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Labour and the US Democrats can lead a ‘race to the top’ on labour standards
Whenever you visit America, it’s easy to be impressed by its scale. However, what struck me on my visit…
Thomas-Symonds: “Let our moral crusade be to build safer communities”
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds to the annual…
Let’s put the blame where it should lie. In this country – it’s the Johnson variant
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Nick Thomas-Symonds today on “government failure to secure…
“Unity and common purpose” – Nick Thomas-Symonds’ Fabian speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered today by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds at the…
“Moments of crisis shine a penetrating light” – Thomas-Symonds’ full speech
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds’ at Labour’s online…
Nick Thomas-Symonds: If we want another 70 years of the NHS, we must fight for it
The 70th anniversary of our National Health Service has, quite rightly, attracted a great deal of national attention. Organisations…
Nick Thomas-Symonds: How to protect national security after Brexit
In her much-trailed “Road to Brexit” speech of 2 March, Theresa May made only a passing reference…
A history of Militant entryism in the Labour Party
The very first article I published as a politics lecturer, over a decade ago, was a reinterpretation of…
Tories’ tax credits shame shows they will never understand the reality of low pay
The higher minimum wage for over-25s is welcome, but the Government’s phoney living wage won’t hide their appalling…
