Closer to crisis? Why Labour must do more to help the low-earners hardest hit by recession
By Sophia Parker This week’s labour market statistics make for less depressing reading than they have done in…
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Atlantic Bridge: the Tory ‘think tank’ that defies Cameron’s ‘modernisation’
By Stephen Newton On Tuesday, Margaret Thatcher honoured Dr Henry Kissinger with her eponymous Medal of Freedom somewhere…
We now face a turning point in this unwinnable war
By Jeremy Corbyn MP Last Sunday at War memorials all over the country, ceremonies recalled the horror of…
Congratulations to Willie Bain – now to create momentum
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Congratulations to Willie Bain, Labour’s new MP for Glasgow North East. As with…
Greg Mulholland snaps over ReplyAll-gate
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 When Mark Pritchard sent an email to hundreds of MPs and Peers across…
What’s the EU ever done for us?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 An amusing take on the classic Life of Brian skit, rejecting the notion…
The glamorous life of a PPC: a sleeping bag, a cardboard box and a mug of soup
By Ruth Smeeth / @RuthSmeeth For those of you that have met me, you’ll know that I am…
In Swindon, the Tories have the audacity to question Labour’s education priorities – but then get their own numbers wrong!
By Matthew Rhodes Like many Councils across the country, Swindon Borough Council is now controlled by a monopoly…
A referendum on UK’s EU membership? Please not yet!
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB In an eloquent article on Our Kingdom, David Marquand, the academic, former Labour…
Immigration: Labour’s great conundrum
By Marjorie Smith It’s the issue that seems to be top of the political agenda in many areas…
