Leadership, Mr Cameron, is about action not words
We’ve all been in those meetings where someone enthusiastically volunteers for tasks and then never follows through. You…
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Why only radical democratic reform can stop UKIP
Writing in 1895, Keir Hardie protested that the Liberal Party of the era was too obsessed with electoral…
Is supporting the fracking industry a wise move?
Tomorrow, in the Queen’s Speech the government will set out its Infrastructure Bill, which will propose, amongst other…
10 things I won’t miss about being a councillor
As this post hints, I loved my 12 years as a Hackney Labour councillor. I would urge anyone considering…
Labour must offer a change from this failed experiment
On the doorstep in the 2015 election campaign a voter is complaining about how their local Sure Start…
A show of unity: Only hope or aspiration at Progress conference
“I’m not trying to depress you,” remarked YouGov pollster Peter Kellner, midway through an opening speech that was,…
Home truths on migration
Let’s get Labour’s immigration debate back on track. Is it really true that a liberal approach to immigration…
Is Lynton Crosby destroying the Conservative Party?
At my hotel in Scotland last weekend I was served by a Russian, a Pole, and a Romanian,…
The story of Hetton
I write this as the immensely proud Member of Parliament for Blaydon. I write it in the aftermath…
Is the Labour bubble incapable of having a grown up debate on the EU and immigration?
‘Ignored for years by a cosmopolitan, educated and progressive elite, they took a collective decision in the face…
