What is your one idea to beat the right?
By Richard Lane / @politicana With just months until a General Election and the opinion polls tightening, there…
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“Good afternoon, I’m Chris Smith, I’m the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury and I’m gay”
By Richard Lane / @politicana Today, a comment like this from an elected official would pass without mention.…
More of the Daily Mail’s vile homophobia
By Richard Lane / @politicana UPDATE: Moir says the record number of complaints to the Press Complaints Commission…
Abandoning the missile defence system is clumsy and short-sighted
By Richard Lane President Obama yesterday announced that the United States would scrap its planned deployment of a…
Gordon Brown’s heartfelt apology over Turing
By Richard Lane / @Politicana Gordon Brown last night offered a heartfelt apology to World War II hero…
Why has Peter Hain posted on his Facebook that the Cabinet is split?
By Richard Lane / @politicana I don’t know for sure if Peter Hain’s Facebook page is actually Peter…
Celebrating Pride on LabourList
By Richard Lane Tomorrow the streets of London will be filled with thousands of revelers celebrating the annual…
Continuing the fight: Proposition 8 demonstrates how easily our hard won rights can be undermined
This article was first posted on Progress Online. The Californian Supreme Court delivered a devastating setback to proponents…
The challenges and hopes for a progressive future
By Richard Lane The problems we face in 2009 are clearly drastically different to those we inherited in…
Why we shouldn’t try to un-invent the bomb
By Richard Lane Barack Obama this weekend used a speech in Prague to outline his ambitious goal of…
