So when exactly did Boris Johnson stop being our Mayor?
Perhaps it was around the time when the sitting MP for Uxbridge, John Randall, announced he was retiring…
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Public ownership is not some left wing crackpot idea. Labour must embrace it
In May 2015, an incoming Labour government will face many challenges, not least what to do about the…
British politics trundles towards the abyss – what are we doing about it?
The Labour Party’s response to a worsening polling position has been remarkably sanguine. For a long time, there…
We must not make the same mistake with the Greens that we did with the Lib Dems
Given the extent to which UKIP has wrong-footed Labour (nationally we don’t seem to have decided yet whether…
This government needs to fundamentally change the way it treats disabled people
By Stephen Timms and Kate Green Lord Freud’s now notorious suggestion that disabled people were not “worth” the…
We should make the case for the EU whenever we can, not just when we have to
Developments at an EU level have – yet again – caused outraged in the UK, after the European Commission…
After the referendum: devolution needs to apply to the Labour Party too
Now that conference season is over we all know our principle priority. The next seven months have…
More Arnie, less Axelrod
There’s a certain type of Westminster politico mindset that prefers Clinton ’92 to cold Clacton and Reagan ’84…
Fortune is favouring Labour, again. It’s time to take advantage
Right, let’s get this straight. You can’t say “swamped”, but “under siege” is ok. “Swamped” should have been replaced…
Why I am supporting ‘proper’ recall for MPs
The UKIP victory in this month’s Clacton by-election; the close shave for Labour in Heywood and Middleton and…
