Boris is right: we need a Minister for Infrastructure
Boris Johnson’s latest gambit on the road to Number 10, if the London Evening Standard is to be…
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Change the culture of voting to engage young people
This government has failed young people on a catastrophic level. Scrapping Educational Maintenance Allowance, raising tuition fees, and…
The Living Wage has to be more than a photo op
The referendum on Scottish independence casts its shadow over every aspect of Scottish public life these days. This…
Who made my clothes?
By Stella Creasy MP and Alison McGovern MP It’s been a long four years in opposition, and each…
5 things Labour’s new rapid-rebuttal team need to get right
Yesterday’s story of a new Labour media management team, seemingly in the mould of Alastair Campbell’s famously effective rapid-response unit,…
Should politicians do God?
Easter is traditionally a time when Christians reflect on their faith, and there is no reason why politicians…
It’s not growth that wins elections, it’s being on the side of ordinary people
Perhaps the most misunderstood insight in the history of politics was chalked on the wall of Bill Clinton’s…
Experience is a double edged sword
In just over a year Labour could be back in power. That we are able to say this…
Axelrod understands the importance of grassroots campaigning
Reading some of the coverage of David Axelrod’s appointment to advise Labour’s General Election campaign you would get…
Axelrod – that’s what I call a reality check
“It will be me.” That was Hillary Clinton, at the end of November 2007, expressing her confidence to…
