Labour has to liberate the working classes from the dead hand of the state
So much has been written about Labour’s problem in reaching out to working class voters and crucially in…
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For strong and effective Labour local government we need to take the campaign to Labour’s NEC
Last month I was elected as Labour Leader of the LGA on its highest ever nomination for this…
Cameron will shoot himself in the foot with anti-union laws
Last week, we reported that the Tory election fund is likely to be three times as big as…
Beware politicians bearing “emergency” laws
If life has taught me anything, it’s to approach politicians bearing “emergency laws” with extreme suspicion bordering on…
Labour can’t have decided a policy on the railways – we’ve not yet debated it
Ahh the railways. After the NHS there are few topics more likely to bring up the blood pressure…
The Labour leadership is wrong – we should have the courage to support today’s strike
Winston Churchill once offered the world a shrewd analysis of what it is be truly bold when he…
Time for bigger thinking on our railways
There is a lively debate across the country about the future of our railways. At the heart of…
Will Labour remember the forgotten local government workforce?
Tomorrow local government workers will make up the majority of those taking part in the largest day of strike…
PMQs verdict: A PMQs of two halves
Sometimes the main subject for PMQs is clear. With what appears to be systematic establishment-level child abuse (and…
How not to sell aeroplanes to India
Mohandas K. Gandhi is being used to sell fighter planes. This government imagines that sticking a statue of…
