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By Mary Honeyball Europe's demographic crisis was highlighted in a report on carers in the informal economy passed by the European Parliament yesterday. Europe's population is falling, a fact which could prove detrimental to our economy and…
By Derek Draper This morning, after his shameful appearance on the Today programme, and equally shameful blogpost, LabourList removed Iain Dale's Diary from our blogroll. We said: "10.00 am Ashcroft sock puppet Iain Dale has defended Carol…
By Mark Hanson I've grown a bit frustrated in recent weeks with various attacks on the work being done by all of us at many different levels to improve Labour's web presence. Some of the criticism on Tory blogs or by sniping press…
By Derek Draper Yesterday we noted with interest the front page of the Guardian, which shone the light on the scale of corporate tax avoidance in the UK, and launched the Guardian's new series on tax avoidance. Vince Cable followed up this…
By Ken Livingstone Labour's progress in the polls during the autumn of last year was directly linked to the sense that of the two main parties, Labour was proposing - and carrying out - policies to address the economic crisis, whereas the…
By Will Straw The Labour Party announced last week that it was adopting one of the most successful techniques used by the Obama campaign in the American election. Throughout both the primary and general election, Obama supporters anywhere…
By Richard Lane Over at CentreRight this week Graeme Archer writes, in what Iain Dale describes as "a beautifully written article", why he believes that gay people in the United Kingdom are naturally conservative. The article is focused…
By Hazel Blears Millions of people in Britain are worried about the recession and way it will affect them and their families. Many thousands have lost their jobs, and many more face the prospect of redundancy. Everyone understands that the…
By Gary Kent Many talk about Iraq as just a short hand term for disaster but few talk about or with Iraqis. Many focus on the rights and wrongs of the intervention in 2003 but few engage with the actually existing Iraq. The country was…
By Mark Hanson A gem has just landed in my inbox! A new social networking site devoted to keeping supporters of Hillary Clinton in touch with each other has just launched in the US. NoLimits.org is headed by long-time senior Clinton aides…
By Adrian McMenamin I first did it in April 1982. In January 1983 I was actually detained by the police for doing it in a Bermondsey street. I still do it today, most recently in Seven Sisters in Haringey. My friend Joe thinks we should do…
By Dan McCurry They say that to make a great political speech you need a great opening line and a great end line; one to capture people's attention and the other to leave a lasting impression. Just imagine if we applied this idea to a…
