We forgot who the enemy is and it cost us
By Steve Gummer Standing in the queue yesterday outside my polling booth and contemplating AV’s likely defeat I…
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A less than capital idea
By Stephen Gummer This week David Cameron declared to the House of Commons: “…the amount of spending per…
The unnoticed threat to Parliamentary democracy
By Stephen Gummer Staggering abuses of democracy are more often than not shrouded in the language of bureaucracy…
Put a cross here for penal reform
By Steve Gummer Yesterday’s announcement that prisoners will soon be allowed to vote in England and Wales came…
Penal reform: A sensible opposition
By Stephen Gummer Today secretary of state for justice Ken Clarke released details of a policy that will…
The whisper of change in criminal justice
By Stephen Gummer The plethora of Labour Leadership hustings have been criticised as being too much, too plentiful…
Justice reinvestment: A new form of penal system
By Stephen Gummer Justice has always been somewhat of a sticky issue for the Labour Party. We are…
A hypocrite’s charter?
by Stephen Gummer Forget Trident or abstentions on nuclear power, one of the most startling pieces of the…
Less crime, safer communities, fewer people in prison
By Stephen Gummer The Howard League for Penal Reform‘s latest campaign, Take Action 2010, is launching with the…
Building for the future – why Labour mustn’t forget the construction industry
By Stephen Gummer This week it’s official; Britain is out of recession. There are many in the Labour…
