Lessons for working people from Latin America
Just before last year’s TUC March for the Alternative, Rob Marchant offered his advice to Ed Miliband on…
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Labour in London know all about Boris’s strengths and weaknesses
There were two deciding factors in London’s election result in May. Firstly we had a clear demonstration that personality…
Johann Lamont has shown Scottish Labour to be grown-up and long-term
If you tasked me with finding fiscal realism amongst Europe’s centre-left parties, the last place I would have…
Scottish Labour is up for a debate. Are you Alex?
Brave, bold and honest. Three words that summarise Johann’s speech this week. But I want to add a…
Ed Miliband has articulated his political philosophy clearly, but not the policies that will define it
Reflecting on Ed Miliband’s second anniversary as Labour Party leader, LabourList Editor Mark Ferguson awarded Ed Miliband a ‘C…
Scotland and the Youth Unemployment crisis
By Liam Byrne MP and Kezia Dugdale MSP In May this year, a report by the International Labour Organisation…
Councillors can’t ignore the fact they have less money to spend – it won’t work
Owen Jones’ call to councillors to ‘resist the cuts’ earlier this week (Come on you local councillors. Resist these…
The North East exists – I’ve seen it with my own eyes…
I’m from the North East. That’s how I always explain when I’m asked, from time to time, where…
The sham of fairer taxes under the Lib Dems
The Lib Dems met at their conference under the banner of ‘fairer tax in tough times’ and the…
“It is here that the human spirit becomes perfect.”
So said Alexis de Tocqueville, about Manchester. And at the end of this month, the Labour Party returns…
