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By James Valentine Activists from across the East of England attended a packed and enthusiastic meeting in the House of Commons on Monday evening. It was promoted by Bob Blizzard and Lewis Baston whose paper, published in January, gave its…
By Luke Akehurst / @lukeakehurst The last week has provided an interesting insight into the contrasting health of Labour's two highest profile internal groupings, Compass and Progress. Of course Compass and Progress are not the only…
By Hopi Sen / @hopisen How do we win next time? This question that underlay every discussion at the Progress Political weekend which bought around two hundred Labour activists and trade unionists to the NUT's Stoke Rochford Hall. In some…
By Adam Harrison The Progress Political Weekend at Stoke Rochford Hall in Lincolnshire - a familiar venue to many trade unionists and student activists - was kicked off by the first keynote speech from shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy…
Another great spot from the folks over at Political Scrapbook today, who have caught the final question that David Cameron faced in his performance (described as impressive by ConservativeHome editor Tim Montgomerie) on the One Show…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft Part of the difficulty of being David Miliband and defining a political role during the post-leadership contest year is how one of Labour's major figures can make his own significant contributions to the debate…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk It was understandable that David Miliband would want to retreat into the shadows in the aftermath of the leadership election. He was the older brother - the senior partner - who would have struggled to…
By Sebastian Michnowicz / @bigredseb From Barnsley Central and a smattering of other local by-elections, one thing has become obvious: support for the Liberal Democrats has collapsed. In a general election, the Conservatives would stand to…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk As the Boundary Commission begin their two year review ahead of planned seat reductions, it looks increasingly likely that Labour will be disproportionately hit in England, as well as huge cuts in Scotland…
Yesterday: Britain working to establish no-fly zone over Libya Today: Hundreds of pilots face the axe as 11,000 armed forces set lose their jobs
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Labour's focus on the "squeezed middle" appears to be paying off, according to the latest ComRes survey for The Independent, with Labour ahead of the Conservatives among the three demographic groups…
By Christine Quigley With ballot boxes open and counting firmly underway in Ireland's 43 constituencies, one thing looks certain: Ireland's next Taoiseach will be Fine Gael's Enda Kenny. We won't see all the results until later in the day…
