Some people have a choice ahead of them – Labour? Or their careers?
The number of Independents who won in last week’s election was, in many ways, an indictment of British…
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10 lessons for Labour from the PCC elections
I wrote about my initial thoughts on the Humberside PCC election for the Huffington Post – but I thought…
Could ‘data mining’ help Labour win in 2015?
In May 2012 the ‘data geeks’ mining data for the Obama/Biden campaign noticed that women aged between 40…
5 things we’ve learned about One Nation and Labour’s next manifesto
Last week Jon Cruddas Guest Edited LabourList, which was an informative experience (and not just in the sense…
Scotland, Home Rule and the EU: Labour’s opportunity
David Cameron has committed two inexplicable blunders in his handling of the referendum on independence for Scotland, to…
The principled case against primaries
People keep talking about adopting primaries as a progressive move to take power away from our unrepresentative membership…
Primaries – why our heartlands need them more than London
I was recently part of a conversation in which a local member of Parliament proudly proclaimed that the…
Selective faith schools – why Labour should say no
New Labour left an appalling legacy of the mass expansion of state-funded, discriminatory faith schools. They facilitated the…
The Lib Dems are no longer a national party
Next week, if you’ve forgotten (which you possibly have), PCC elections are taking place across Britain. They promise…
Notes from the end of the Obama campaign
As Democrats gather after the close of polls in Columbus Ohio, they do so in a mood of…
