Construction orders are at their lowest level since 1980
By Chris Williamson MP As a former bricklayer myself, the news that orders for new construction work fell…
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New Labour got old and lazy
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand There was an intriguing post on LabourList from Alex White yesterday, but to…
Welcome to the New NHS
Brilliant spoof from Unison outlining some of the risks of the Health and Social Care Bill:
No pasaran?
By Dan Hodges / @dpjhodges Luton has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Last February it was deserted.…
Miliband backs travellers’ eviction
Free schools: a price worth paying?
By Andy Slaughter MP Expect to read a lot about the 24 ‘free’ schools opening in England in…
Labour must fight to make being working class respectable again
By Adam Wissen Peter Watt’s latest attempt to say the unsayable – ‘Labour Must Learn to Cheer the…
831 Lords into 80 Senators: if not now, when?
By Brian Barder / @brianlb The government’s proposals for House of Lords ‘reform’ are a nonsense, but that’s…
The case for New Labour is as strong as it was in 1997
By Alex White / @iamalexwhite New Labour wasn’t always popular with the party. But it was popular with…
Welcome to political pre-season
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I hear Vince Cable and George Osborne have had a disagreement over banking.…
