The dangers of safety-first
Amid all the attention given to Nigel Farage’s victory in last week’s European elections, the weakness of the…
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The sleeping disconnected just woke up, and their concerns have still not been addressed
The sleeping disconnected just woke up. Again. If you believe the BBC, UKIP are on a whirlwind of…
Battle for the sunshine
Elections generally take place in Spring. Now it may not feel like it much today (it’s grey and…
Tremors in Eastleigh, but no earthquake – thanks to Ed
A strange and largely unremarked result, certainly unremarked on the BBC coverage, came about in Eastleigh last week;…
UKIP’s success in Essex shows the scale of our challenge
Last Thursday was a dark day for progressives in South Essex. It was supposed to be a day…
The challenge for Labour on immigration is what to say, not how loudly to say it
For months, everybody thought it would be the Conservatives who would be panicking about UKIP. But Conservative nerves…
Miliband has set himself and Jon Cruddas a huge task – and has only 11 months to complete it
Yesterday Ed Miliband was in Thurrock to deliver a speech that many believe would lurch to the right…
Has Mark Carney just written the introduction to Labour’s 2015 manifesto?
You can take large sections of the Bank of England Governor’s speech on Inclusive Capitalism, delivered yesterday, and…
Might UKIP’s victory divide the Labour leadership?
Imagine that you’re seated around the table with the Labour leadership and the predictable topic of discussion comes…
Miliband must return to the roots of One Nation Labour
Ed Miliband’s 2012 conference speech was an exciting moment for Labour. It represented a joining together of new…
