Life, liberty and happiness: if this is socialised healthcare, sign me up!
By Laurie Penny / @pennyred This article was first published on the Huffington Post. My partner suffers from…
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We love the NHS – a Labour celebration
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour have just launched a new campaign to celebrate the NHS in the…
Everything to play for
By Julian Ware-Lane / @warelane This table shows the General Election outcomes since universal suffrage (click to enlarge).…
Mandelson “officially rules out” the leadership “for life”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Peter Mandelson has told Sky News this afternoon that he isÃ’Â “officially ruling…
Defending our most beloved national institution
By Alex Smith/ @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Join the Facebook group We Love the NHS. The outpouring of affection for…
We have to be insurgents at conference, filled with energy and hungry for renewed change – here’s how
The Paul Richards column Long ago Tony Benn warned us that Labour’s conference was becoming so sanitised that…
Tories: we’re the progressive party. Well, not him. Or him. Or him.
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood Lots of noise yesterday about George Osbourne’s claim that the Tories are carrying the ‘torch…
Liverpool, Manchester and Bournemouth chosen for 2011-14 Labour party conferences
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Labour has selected Liverpool, Manchester and Bournemouth as the host cities for its…
Emily Thornberry listens to the personal tales from the Burma Campaign UK
By Dan McCurry International pressure over the case of Aung San Suu Kyi appears now to be having…
We Love the NHS
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It seems many thousands of people are using Twitter to communicate with our…
