18 is a progressive number
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Once we get through the silly season, when various newspapers publish lists of…
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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,…
Another day, another errant Tory MEP who wants to charge for healthcare
By Shamik Das / @shamikdas David Cameron’s “wholehearted commitment to the NHS” came under fire from one of…
If the green belt is sacrosanct where do we put our houses?
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane Green belt designation for England was instigated in 1955 as a means of…
We cannot afford to cut the surplus housing benefit
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 According to a report in today’s Times, budget smallprint will abolish the £780…
Inspired by Kennedy
By Paul Burgin Amidst some of the tributes paid to Senator Kennedy over the past couple of days…
Diageo: it’s not redundancy, just shameful profiteering
By Stephen Gummer So Diageo’s profits are in. The drinks company who provides us with Guinness, Smirnoff and…
The BBC: bastion of the right?
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The BBC, bastion of the left, biased in favour of Labour, liberal in…
