Four letter Tory words
Few four letter words are as fatal for the Tory brand as “Posh” “Toff” and “Pleb”. The government’s…
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Ed to Barack: “call me maybe?”
Well. I don’t think anyone saw that coming. Mitt Romney and Ed Milband were this week’s clear winners…
What Ed Miliband didn’t tell you about One Nation Labour
Ed Miliband’s conference speech yesterday was everything it needed to be. Bold, engaging, heartfelt and delivered with a touch…
One Nation Labour? It’s Blue Labour 2.0
I always had quite a soft spot for many of the ideas around Blue Labour. Community, quality work,…
Ed’s gone blue, but can he let go?
Political leadership is the art of bringing people with different interests together to act for the common good.…
Ed Miliband’s speech – the verdicts
“Last night when I reported that Miliband would be doing his speech with no notes (which was, I…
The long and bloody road to 2015 begins this week
There is a moment in every parliament when we reach that point when it feels nearer to the…
Gove should apologise to young people – not write them off
I’ve been around in politics a while and few things surprise me anymore. But I’ve just seen the…
What councillors want from from a Labour government
Despite its swanky reputation, Islington is actually the country’s 14th most deprived local authority area: half our children…
Kurdish lessons for Syria
With my Unison colleagues I took part in the major demonstration in February 2003 to stop the war…
