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“He who smiles last longer”, so read the Wayside Pulpit message outside a rather bedraggled Methodist church I passed on the way back from Labour Party Conference last week. Our Wayside Pulpit message is of course now clear; One Nation…
Public opinion of the body politic has never been lower. Dinnergate is just the latest example of scandal and sleaze that has been the constant companion of the industry for as long as I care to remember. It is the Tories' turn in the…
Copious ink is being spilt on this site, social networks and in the newspapers of the land on the Tories’ NHS reforms. Rightly so. They remind us of not only the gut wrenching impotence of opposition, but of the dangers of on the one hand…
Driving home from the train station on the way back from work last Friday night, I nearly crashed. Not because of any obstruction in the road, but because I attempted to throw something at the car radio, so cross was I about seemingly…
It's sometimes good to reflect on any major policy announcement, particularly one that commits to £32 Bn of tax payers (our) hard earned money. Going to work 2 weeks ago, I read every day about HS2: the pros and cons and knee jerk reactions…
After the electoral massacre of the AV referendum last year, constitutional reform may seem like the last thing on voters' minds right now. However, despite the crumbling state of the UK economy in the face of savage Tory cuts, the…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble I find it difficult to fathom the attitude of the Tory and Liberal coalition government most weeks. While the New Statesman's Senior Political Editor Mehdi Hasan brilliantly exposed the claim of the…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble During the current Labour Leadership contest, I've been looking for something specific, a defining moment, a cause to run with, for any one of the candidates to offer a display of passion and a defining…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble Dear David, Eds (Balls & Miliband), John, Andy & Diane, Following on from my first letter to you on May 26th, I'd like to change tack as the first Labour Leadership debates begin this week. Below are a just…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble Dear David, Eds (Balls & Miliband), John, Andy & Diane, Thank you all very much for applying for the above post. I would like to remind you of some of the challenges facing the next leader of our party and…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble Here's the narrative. Budget Day, Wednesday, March 25th, with the General Election set for Thursday 6th May. We're coming through an almighty global recession, and have been hit by the biggest slump this…
Richard Robinson's Speech Bubble Being asked to list New Labour's most salient achievements you might well select from some well versed themes on a menu listing the successful introduction of the minimum wage, massive reduction in youth…
