“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…
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The Tory Right are a threat to Labour – but they’re a bigger threat to Cameron
Since late 2010, I’ve always believed that Labour could wind up inadvertent allies with the Tory Right. After all, we…
Nick Clegg, and a very generous audience
What Nick Clegg needed to do today was give a plausible explanation of what on earth the Lib…
Britain’s unions can be relevant again, but not by espousing fringe politics
As Peter Watt pointed out at the time of the TUC conference, its influence is declining for a…
A visit to Liberal Democrat Conference – a pluralists worst nightmare
Visiting Liberal Democrat conference has been a sobering experience for someone who was brought up to see the…
The Lib Dems can’t hide the fact they have betrayed students and universities
Nick Clegg’s public apology for promising not to raise tuition fees was very telling. Standing by the policy,…
We need to have serious debate about what local government is for
A lot has happened since conference 2011. Two of the most significant things are a shift back to…
Two years of Ed Miliband – the scorecard
Today marks the second anniversary of Ed Miliband’s election as Labour leader. In a few days the party…
David Laws and the 50% tax rate – is this worse than calling a cop a pleb?
In her Guardian article today, Polly Toynbee quotes David Laws, now back in government, as saying: “As a liberal,…
It is time for feminism to become a central pillar of Labour’s manifesto for 2015
In Britain, as across the world, the history of socialism is a history of transformation, progress and change…
