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By Gail McDade Many people have many reasons to want to save our NHS: mine is my son Ryan. Ryan was diagnosed with quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy when he was 10 months old. Within a week of being diagnosed Ryan was allocated a physio and…
The following comes to LabourList from an NHS nurse who wishes to remain anonymous: I work in an outpatients department. We have seen in the last 14 years a cycle of investment from 1997 to the current reduction in spending in the NHS. We…
By Tom Warnett Last night I took part in my first ever Labour 'Train to Win' webinar. I don't think I'm alone in approaching these initiatives from the Central Office with some scepticism. My unfair view was something along the lines of…
By Jean Butcher My fears for the NHS are that it will lose the ethos and the guiding principles that it was founded on 63 years ago: healthcare, accessible to all, free at the point of delivery. Once hospitals can see as many private…
By Jamie Glackin In June this year, a group of David Cairns' close friends and colleagues put their thinking caps on and tried to think of a way to honour the memory of a terrific Member of Parliament. We came up with the idea of the David…
By James Bevan Having grown up in a single parent family, in one of the poorest parts of the country, with a period on long term benefits, many right-wing media commentators (our self-appointed moral guardians, guiding us through the…
By Jake Morrison After winning my seat at this year's local elections I visited my old secondary school. I met with the headteacher to discuss a few things, and he asked me why I chose to be part of the Labour Party. I told him how proud I…
By Cat Smith / @cateysmith This week a 27 year old man, Dale Burns, from Barrow-in-Furness died after being shot with a Taser by police. A story like this in a newspaper would usually catch my attention, but being a similar age and from the…
By Rushanara Ali MP You may have heard by now that the English Defence League is planning to march through Tower Hamlets on September 3rd. I've joined anti-racism group Hope Not Hate to campaign against the EDL coming to our borough and for…
By Alice Perry / @aliceperryuk I'm Islington born and bred. I'm proud to have grown up here and gone to school here. In some ways Islington has been transformed almost beyond recognition from the place where I grew up. But I remember, as a…
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan Returning home from a dinner party to Clapham Junction last night may not have been the smartest move. Like everyone, we looked on in horror whilst munching on fondue (oh yes, fondue don't you know) as…
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood / @msgracefh Over the weekend I was intrigued to read this post by Simon Buckley, who is not only a cracking blogger but a friend from this year's Broadheath Labour campaign, former owner of the first place I ever…
