A Tory victory would usher in an era of ugly politics
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon It is more or less a foregone conclusion that unemployment in the UK…
Archives
The right decision, badly managed
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Gordon Brown has today agreed “in principle” to take part in televised leaders’…
The ShortList – conference week
From @LabourList Catch up with some of the highlights on LabourList with the Conference week ShortList… News Labour…
Why we should scrap Connexions – and replace it with Independent Advisory Groups
By James Frith For too long, technological, structural and personnel restraints have prevented real progress being made with…
The state of the left wing blogosphere
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 This article was first published in the Total Politics Guide to Political Blogging…
Labour’s media luvvies: who topped the list?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Mandate communications have put together a media profile table of Labour party ministers…
Tories face Charities investigation
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Following a complaint by a LabourList contributor, Stephen Newton, the Charity Commission has…
Iain Dale, gay rights and Labour’s legacy
By Laurie Penny / @pennyred Whatever you think about the New Labour project, there are certain ways in…
We should have a referendum on Lisbon, too
By Olly Deed Irish voters go to the polls today, for the second time, to vote on the…
Why democratic reformers almost always lose
The Labour Movement colum By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Intriguingly, Andrew Sparrow speculates that the main division in…
