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By Paul McInerney It's a shame that John McDonnell dropped out of leadership race yesterday. I was at the GMB conference in Southport on Monday listening to the hustings, and everyone I talked to felt that John had won hands down. He…
By Rosna Mortuza Most of you will know Tower Hamlets as a celebrated melting pot of history, culture and diversity. For me, like for so many others, Tower Hamlets is simply Home. The hidden gems of the estates I grew up in, the schools and…
By Sally Gimson I do not know why more parents are not making a fuss about the new education secretary's free schools plan. Many parents are going to see their children's schools worse off as a result of these proposals. And that includes…
by Katie McCrory How would you react if someone you'd just met told you they thought about killing themselves every morning, noon and night? Would you stay and counsel? Would you falter, lose the words and leave? Maybe it's happened to you…
By Ann Black Below and attached is a slightly delayed report of the last NEC meeting - I have had to catch up with the day job. Thank you for the many hundreds of messages on the campaign, the aftermath and the leadership contest. I have…
By Lewis Coakley Joining Leeds Metropolitan University in 2005 to read politics, I decided to leave the Labour Party because I felt that I should be more open-minded and being honest with myself, there were certain policies the party…
By Tim Cheetham / @CllrTim Among the first victims of the untimely axe of Osbornomics has been the Future Jobs Fund. We have a particular interest in this in Barnsley as it was born here, as part of the impact of the 'Houghton' review into…
by Jonathan Roberts This week we will see the first referendum on the Lib Dem-Tory coalition. After the death of UKIP candidate John Boakes, the election in Thirsk & Malton was postponed until May 27th, and the voters of North Yorkshire…
by Daniel Crawford While most of the media was concentrating on the General Election, local results right under the nose of the Westminster hacks were actually very encouraging for Labour. Unusually for the governing party, Labour regained…
By Emma Burnell / @scarlettstand Becoming a new member of a political party can and should be a really exciting experience. It's a chance to make new friends, get involved in local and national politics and make a difference to the world we…
By Chris Worsey Now that the dust has settled and a Con-Lib coalition is in power, it seems the appropriate time for me to report back and reflect on and the results and lessons learned from my campaign in Cannock Chase. First of all the…
By Seema Malhotra Last Frida,y Labour launched election posters in Birmingham, at an event attended by the national media. Part way through the event, the drivers of a passing refuse collection lorry began shouting at the gathering, where…
