How will the internet affect the general election?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last night, I had a discussion with Iain Dale about how the internet…
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“Careerism” in politics means we must have primaries
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Today’s Indpendent reports that more than a quarter of candidates running at the…
On Ethiopian famine reunion, Stephen Grey and other pieces and bits
By Brian Barder UPDATE: For the next seven days only you can listen to the BBC Reunion programme…
Labour needs to take a lead on the ‘socially useless’ parts of finance
By Peter Barnard Lord Turner, Chairman of the FSA, despatched a cat towards some plump pigeons in the…
Standing proud for fairness, peace and justice – why Labour must learn from the Greens, or die
By Mathew Hulbert / @mathewhulbert As we prepare to exit the first decade of this new Century, British…
The ShortList – this week’s highlights
From @LabourList This is the LabourList ShortList, bringing you a weekly summary of the best content on the…
18 is a progressive number
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Once we get through the silly season, when various newspapers publish lists of…
How Labour can learn from the Hannan-Powell row to articulate a proud case
By Robert Brown The latest in the Hannan saga is his praise of Enoch Powell. Now, I am…
No frills? No thank you
By Gavin Hayes You may have been shocked to read today about High Barnet Council’s plans to adopt…
Mayor of Baltimore: Grayling’s comments dishonour our city
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPADTE: The Guardian, The Independent, The Baltimore Sun and LabourList all got hooked,…
