Comment From Clapham Common to City Hall, elected women make a difference I have walked across Clapham Common frequently. When I moved to London more than 20 years ago, it… Polly Billington 22nd March, 2021, 8:33 am
Comment Labour is talking devolution. Let’s get that conversation right for England With everything that’s going on right now, it might seem perverse to spend time talking about English identity… Polly Billington 24th February, 2021, 6:36 pm
Comment Polly Billington: One more heave? Taking the 64 seats to put Labour back in power Let me join the queue for a huge wodge of humble pie. I didn’t think this was possible:… Polly Billington 13th June, 2017, 12:00 pm
Comment Polly Billington: The shame of those who doubt the truth of Diane Abbott’s illness Diane Abbott is, as Stephen Bush recently wrote, an astronaut. She has gone where no-one like her had gone… Polly Billington 8th June, 2017, 8:30 am
Comment Why Alison McGovern and Tristram Hunt are wrong on English devolution Alison McGovern and Tristram Hunt are both wrong. Our English Challenge won’t be met by dreaming up more… Polly Billington 22nd April, 2016, 11:16 am
Comment Ignoring Ukip isn’t just an electoral mistake: it is a moral one too So the conversation goes: Labour supporter/friend/strategist: What’s the majority you need to overturn? Me: 92 Labour supporter: Oh… Polly Billington 7th August, 2014, 11:10 am
Comment The Sticks and the City My brother, once he’d got himself set up with a room in a shared house near a tube… Polly Billington 10th March, 2014, 3:38 pm