What do we believe and why?
By Mike Stallard “Labour should remain for pragmatic socialism, to quote Ed Miliband “there are some things we…
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Expenses whistleblower was a former SAS man
From @LabourList The Daily Telegraph have revealed this morning that the expenses whistleblower was John Wick, a former…
What’s Left?
From @LabourList The Toynbee Tests Harriet Harman. Cath Arakelian says we must trust the People to renew our…
Tory policy on Europe could lead to disaster for Britain
By Brian Barder UPDATE (24th May) This post has attracted a sizeable volume of comments, all of them…
The HoC credit card – can’t get more transparent than that!
Shamik Das‘s Friday Fun / @shamikdas I don’t know about you but I’ve been enthralled by the goings-on…
Where the MPs’ expenses would have been better spent
By Rowenna Davis / @rowenna_davis As the moats, horse manure, chandeliers and duck houses have come pouring out…
Stoke – just the sort of place that hates the message of the far right!
By Mike Ion The piece about Stoke and the BNP in today’s New Statesman makes for depressing reading.…
Very low turnout in Salford council by-election (Labour hold)
From @LabourList Irwell Riverside, Salford: Council By-Election Results: MATT MOLD (Lab): 606 Steven Middleton (Lib Dem): 293 Gary…
“I have a very, very large house – people are jealous and have no right to interfere” says MP who claimed £90K for its forest
From @LabourList More revelations in today’s Telegraph include the Tory grandee who claimed £87,729 on expenses for services…
The course of human events
@LabourList Editorial Often regarded as the founding document of modern democracy, the US Declaration of Independence noted that…
