A little less conversation, a little more action
Let’s do a little number crunching. Ed Miliband wants Labour to have four million conversations with voters before…
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Lessons from 1935: how Labour can win eighty years on
History shows us that Labour will need to offer a radical alternative to Conservative austerity if we want…
The Tory plan to deport foreign students risks damaging our economy
The Home Secretary’s plan to deport foreign students at the end of their studies in the UK is…
Cutting the arts budget isn’t a commitment Labour should be so happy to make
After a relatively quiet two weeks in politics, we’re back. The Tories have kicked off this year by…
How are things going to look in May?
All the main pundits have done a New Year prediction of the General Election result. I’m not a…
Labour must convince the undecideds it can get the NHS back on track
Six days before Christmas, English A&Es reported their ‘worst week’ ever. In the second week of December, 44,000 people waited…
If Miliband wants to win “the big argument” he’ll need to enthuse electorate and activists alike
This morning Ed Miliband will speak at a rally in Manchester on what he says is “day one…
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
You go bankrupt two ways, a character in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises observes: “Gradually and then suddenly.”…
New Year’s Resolutions for Labour
I love this time of year. It doesn’t matter how many (twenty-mumble, since you ask) years have turned…
Members vs Money – serious questions about Labour’s election plan
In an article for the Guardian today, Labour’s election Chair Douglas Alexander has predicted that the Tories will…
