Labour would work with disabled people to improve services
The launch of ‘Beyond Barriers’ by the Spartacus Network shines a light on the way this Tory-led government…
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Inequality will take away our ability to change society
At 222-224 Westbourne Grove is Notting Hill Post Office. Today it stands empty, wooden struts supporting the glassless…
Giving up on the “white working class” is a 20% strategy
John McTernan’s recent analysis of Labour and British politics has been rather good. I was therefore rather surprised…
Goodbye ‘People’s Poet’. You changed my life forever.
Certain cultural shifts are defined by those figures who embody the energy, vibrancy and immediacy of those periods…
The government aren’t just ignoring the evidence on the environment, they’re covering it up
A more cynical political eye than mine might wonder why the government chose the day of the local…
Don’t fall for the big Con con
On May 2nd 2010, the last Sunday before the general election, David Cameron was interviewed on the Andrew…
The real truths of migration: a response to John Denham
The political debate on migration is emotive and rarely rooted in fact. So although I agree with John…
Londoners need councils to build homes
Like many London councillors, it didn’t take long for the doorstep conversations I had during the local election…
Child maintenance fees: why Cameron doesn’t care about disadvantaging women
Another week, another policy that disproportionately affects women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Last week the government announced…
Ways to win in 2015: 5 lessons from Chuka’s Progress speech
One Nation Labour has had a rough ride. First it was deemed a fluffy vision with no policies.…
