Marathon man Murphy will have to learn how to sprint
“Some of you, I hear, support me simply because you think I can win.” That was the young…
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We will have to open up politics with more than just primaries to engage people
So the National Executive Committee (NEC) has agreed to charge £3 for non-members to vote in the primaries…
Two small steps for Labour, one giant leap for women
This week the NEC will take women’s representation in the Labour Party a step forward. On Tuesday we…
The Valleys of South Wales have always been an affront to the Tories
The Valleys of South Wales have always been an affront to the Tories. From the Living Wage strike…
Why Fiona Woolf had to step down
Over the last few months my constituents and I have been left reeling by the shocking details of…
Labour’s big step forward on devolution
By Dame Tessa Jowell MP; Cllr Jim McMahon, Leader of Oldham Council; Cllr Keith Wakefield, Leader of Leeds Council; Cllr Sharon Taylor,…
The London primary process is a wasted opportunity to engage more people
The Labour party has made the mistake of treating the primary election process in London as something to…
Why Miliband’s plans to scrap the Lords should be welcomed
Ed Miliband’s announcement of plans to replace the House of Lords with an elected Senate is welcome on…
Let’s meet London’s housing need
Meeting London’s housing need – it sounds like a simple idea, but it hasn’t happened for decades. If…
The debate about building ‘the homes we need’ has to go beyond numbers
Big numbers abound in housing debates and rightly so. Two-hundred thousand new homes – the number the Labour…
