Vernon Coaker: Why I’m backing Keir Starmer to be Labour’s next leader
The reality of Labour’s election defeat, and the Tories in charge with an 80-seat majority, is already hitting…
Vernon Coaker
Vernon Coaker: Labour has the right message on Brexit but Sleaford by-election shows the challenge of getting it through
Labour finishing fourth in a by-election – or any election for that matter – is a disaster. For…
Coaker: Taking on Farage’s cheap populism is key to this referendum
On Tuesday, I was in Belfast to debate with Nigel Farage. An audience of over 200 hundred mainly…
Labour – a party for the Armed Forces
When Labour’s great reforming government took office in 1945, Clement Atlee led a Cabinet that contained several veterans…
Labour has an ambitious and realistic vision for UK defence
UK Defence policy is at a crossroads: UK Service Personnel will have withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end…
Our Armed Forces – standing up for today’s and remembering yesterday’s
This weekend, Ed Miliband and I are in Afghanistan visiting the Armed Forces in Camp Bastion. The British…
Every Labour council should sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant
In villages, towns and cities across Britain, people of all ages, races and creeds will gather today to…
Miliband at the TUC: Courageous, visionary and, yes, a little risky
This morning, Ed Miliband spoke to the TUC conference about One Nation Labour’s commitment to building a new…
One Nation Labour is on the side of working people
For too long, those who’ve worked the hardest have been the least rewarded. The last Labour government did…
