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By James Patterson Despite its election defeat, the Labour Party seems to have enjoyed a surprising renaissance. Some 40,000 new members have joined, or rejoined, since last year. I am one of the re-joiners. During the 1990s, I had been an…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... That special relationship in full - Political Scrapbook By Political Scrapbook While Cameron savours every poll-boosting…
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood / @msgracefh When I'm not being a councillor, I work for an MP - Bolton West's excellent* Julie Hilling, who was elected a year ago and has barely drawn breath since. (If you're another MP and you're reading this…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... The only test of opposition - Progress By Paul Richards The leader of the opposition gets a suite of offices in parliament…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Ignorant or lying? Cameron claims he has "never heard of" adviser who was responsible for health in Witney - Political…
By Susan Nash, Chair of Young Labour Things I love and hate about being in the Labour Party? It's the people that make it. A cliché but so true - when I was thinking about what I loved about Labour I kept coming back to the people who've…
By Anon Kenneth Clarke says he wants to see rapists who confess early to have their sentences halved. He thinks this will increase conviction rates. What nonsense. Rape conviction rates are just 6%. Rapists effectively already have a 'get…
Strategy with Sue Marsh Every political party who has ever governed has found themselves tired of and rejected. The longer they spent in power, the more they lost their way. Over time, all parties fracture and split, in the end becoming…
By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood / @msgracefh Days as a councillor: 10. Number of times I've got lost in the Town Hall: 4. Pieces of paper I've been given: 1000+, and I'm not even sure if I'm exaggerating. Times I've been patted on the head in…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Tory minister who tried to throw female MP out of lift exposed - Political Scrapbook By Political Scrapbook On Wednesday…
By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward There's been enough written about what last week's results mean for Labour. Instead I want to congratulate the 800 plus councillors who gained seats from the opposition, and all new and returning…
By Rowenna Davis Labour suffered some big defeats last week, but in one small corner of Southwark, South London, we won a massive victory. In a by-election in The Lane ward in Peckham, I was elected to become councillor with a 2000+…
