What would you have in your Queen’s Speech?
The final coalition Queen’s Speech is looking a little thin so far – pensions aside – meaning that…
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Why Nigel Farage should want Ed Miliband to win in 2015
The panicked call by some Tories to form a pact with Ukip and ‘unite the right’ mirrors the…
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…
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,…
