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By Nick Palmer There's no doubt from canvassing that people want us to focus on the economy right now. I keep having the entirely novel experience of constituents who usually pursue me on the state of the pavements or the need for more…
By Alex Smith Let's face it, in our generally tolerant society there is no demographic group subject to such open, snarling prejudice and condescension as frequently as our urban working class. It's become accepted, almost encouraged in the…
By Lesley Griffiths AM As world leaders gather in Davos in a few days time, for the start of the 39th annual World Economic Forum, the contrast in the agenda from last year's event could hardly be more stark. The 'diet' served up for…
From LabourList A weighty report by the think tank Centre for Cities outlines those towns and cities who are well placed to withstand the recession and those who have very real challenges. It's interesting to note just how far all towns and…
By Will Straw David Cameron's speech on Thursday was an attempt to set out his governing philosophy. Unfortunately it ignored even the most basic principles of logic. Let's start with his proposition about Labour's "record." Cameron sets…
From LabourList Of course it is bad news that the Tory lead is, according to today's Independent, now at 15 points. It is depressing and worrying for any Labour supporter to hear such news. But we need to realise that a negative public…
By Derek Draper The Lords scandal brings back unhappy memories for me, and others have not been slack in drawing parallels. Peter Oborne calls me a "sleazebag" and says I should not be allowed to campaign for Labour. The truth is my own…
By Alastair Campbell Philip Gould, whom God preserve, has a theory about me: that today's irritation becomes tomorrow's obsession. (I freely admit to being both irritable and obsessive). So up to the age of 40 odd, I had no time for…
By Alex Smith Some of us may not like it, but we all know that digital technology, and emailing in particular, is an everyday part of modern life. So after weeks of conjecture and fretted behind-the-scenes decision making, one of the…
Though not quite as scandalous as the Zinoviev letter, a lot of flack has been flying around the internet over the last couple of days with reference to what we shall term 'the Obama letter', the letter hosted on up-and-coming MP Dawn…
By James Purnell When Karen Matthews was convicted, the Tories used the opportunity to demonise everyone on benefits. They argued that everyone on benefits was the next potential Karen Matthews. This is the same old Tory approach of being…
By Derek Draper In his Guardian column today, Martin Kettle adds credence to David Cameron's claim to be "progressive". Well, Martin, at the risk of being "tribal" (something I'm rather proud of actually) can I ask you to respond to the…
