De-toxifying the Labour brand on civil liberties
By Darrell Goodliffe Speaking just as he had been elected leader, Ed Miliband had this to say: “We…
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How to get more women and ethnic minorities into politics: the sober way
By Ian Silvera / @ianjsilvera Positive discrimination is oxymoronic. If you give special privileges to one group in…
New Fabian General Secretary announced
Andrew Harrop has been appointed as the new General Secretary of the Fabian Society and will be taking…
Refounding Labour – a matter of trust
By Daniel Zeichner Last year, I posed the question: can the National Policy Forum be made to work?…
The debate shouldn’t be whether to resist, but how to resist
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 In thirty years time, school kids studying history will be asked to answer…
Unison NEC release statement on pensions
“While even the Public Accounts Committee admits that the 2007 reforms are good value for the taxpayer and…
Ed the shark bites back
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk I’m usually against question splitting at PMQs. Often it means that the opposition…
But what does a better life mean?
By Denise Scott-McDonald Last Monday, in front of a room full of south London community activists at the…
Cuts, pensions and the wrong side of the argument
By Rob Marchant / @rob_marchant As you read this, union leaders are meeting and discussing, moving seemingly inexorably…
The longer he waits – the more painful
By Ed Balls MP “The weak thing to do is just to keep ploughing on and say ‘I…
