Why trust matters
@LabourList Editorial The scandal over MPs’ expenses – and it is a scandal – is a symptom of…
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From @LabourList Frank Owen’s Paintbrush celebrates grassroots campaigning to save the Minimum Wage. Tom Harris MP defects to…
An unlikely villain
By Sunder Katwala Elliot Morley has been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party, after continuing to claim for…
Labour and the Tories leave the door open for the Lib Dems
By Paul Halsall Andrew MacKay’s appearance on BBC News at 11:45am this morning was an utter disaster. Perhaps…
A Long Time in Politics: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Rumbled by the Telegraph
Sadie Smith‘s Roundup of the Parliamentary Week Since hardly anybody got the joke about Round the Horne last…
Real politics: Miliband should demand Aung San Suu Ky’s immediate release
By Mike Ion The news that Aung San Suu Ky is to face trial for breaching the conditions…
This might be the right time for Labour’s untainted generation to step forward
By Jessica Asato / @Jessica_Asato Another day, another blow to the heart of our democracy. As the Daily…
Elliot Morley suspended from PLP – but chief whip knew of his wrongdoing a week ago
From @LabourList Below are highlights from the PM, Chief Whip and Europe Minister on this day: “I’ve done…
A plasma TV bought on expenses does not make our policy on Europe wrong
By Julian Ware-Lane I do not know whether Lord Tebbit’s intervention will make any difference, but undoubtedly UKIP’s…
Pass this law against prejudice and privilege before election wipeout
By Laurie Penny / @PennyRed The Equality Bill is one of the bravest things that the Labour Party…
