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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Peter Mandelson has told Sky News this afternoon that he isÃ'Â "officially ruling out" ever becoming Prime Minister or leader of the Labour party. In the video below, he says: "I have no prospect and no plans…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Very little can be written about Peter Mandelson that hasn't already been said, but his interview with Decca Aitkenhead of the Guardian this morning relveals once again this fascinating convergence of…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 It's not often we quote from the pages of the Daily or Sunday Mail on LabourList, but Vince Cable has written a good explanation of the improving economic signs in that paper today: "There is undoubtedly good…
By Joe Cox An analysis of the dynamic of the market and society is at the heart at everything Compass does. Where are markets failing? Where are they are working? Where should they be restrained and where is competition needed? All these…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: The full version of David Miliband's article is now available to read here. UPDATE: Surprise, surprise, it's the Spectator's Coffee House blog that calls the first leadership play, saying: "it's…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: In a response on Twitter, David Lammy MP has said it's "definite" that Labour should adopt open primaries across the board. View David's full thoughts here. UPDATE: Andrew Sparrow has some choice…
By Richard Lane / @politicana I don't know for sure if Peter Hain's Facebook page is actually Peter Hain. But if it is, why has he posted a Daily Mail article claiming that his views on the Gary McKinnon extradition have caused a Cabinet…
By Shamik Das Today's front page lead on the Daily Express - Labour's £186bn Benefits Madness revealed that in 2009/10 spending on benefits would amount to a quarter of all State spending. The "madness" to which the Express refers is…
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw Respected US diplomat and foreign policy expert, David Rothkopf, has described David Cameron as, "someone about whom the Obama administration ought to be very cautious." In an excoriating article published for…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Peter Lilley's office says the Twitter account is not operated by him. I've asked again that he clarify his position on seal slubbing and the EU bill to ban seal products. There's a cutting and…
By Mike Aistrop I did an article a few weeks back called 'What should Labour be getting on with and how are we going to get there?'. I would like to thank all those that added to the quality of the debate. The purpose of this article is to…
By Paul Richards The Israeli army's incursion into Gaza in January this year triggered a dramatic rise in death threats and attacks on the UK's Jewish population, according to figures released today by a leading Jewish organisation. The…
