Could nine million current voters be about to disappear from the electoral register?
Last week the Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission addressed the Annual Conference of the Association of Electoral…
Paul Wheeler
It’s time we talked about immigration
Labour doesn’t have an ‘open door’ immigration policy. We never have had that approach. It is therefore surprising…
Can Labour learn to love fracking?
My heart sank when I heard that Labour-run Brent has decided to ban all fracking in the borough.…
Aussie rules: what Labour could learn from Kevin Rudd’s defeat
Six years ago the Australian Labour Party (ALP) was all-powerful. As a party, it controlled every single state…
Beware the crocodile
Remember the crocodile in Peter Pan? Just when you thought it was safe – ‘tick tock’ came the…
Working Class MPs – the end of a era?
It is interesting to see that the Labour Party is returning to the vexed issue of its parliamentary…
Why spending a day with the Tories was a cheerful experience
On Saturday I went to the Conservative Home ‘Victory 2015’ Conference. It actually proved quite a tonic for…
How can Labour win in the British equivalent of West Virginia?
The US Presidential election results were a tremendous boost to progressive politicians worldwide. But let’s be clear whilst…
Voter registration is about to fall off a cliff
Hands up if you know your National Insurance number. If you are telling the truth much less than…
Ed – we need to talk about local politics
Welcome to the local politics section of LabourList. For the party it’s been a long time coming. As…
