3 reasons why Ed Miliband is right to be keeping quiet this week
Normally I get annoyed when Ed Miliband stays quiet and allows the Ed-Mili vacuum to open up. I’ve…
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The New Poll Tax – Millions will pay more while Millionaires pay less
Next April, when high income earners start to benefit from the Tory–led government’s cut to the 50p tax…
Making sure Labour’s story is right for the south
In 1997 Labour made major breakthroughs in the three southern regions, holding many of those seats until the…
How to improve Labour’s general approach to welfare issues
In theory the Work Capability Assessment should be part of a process that makes sure that people who…
I was going to dismiss this reshuffle, but I can’t – it’s the terrifying act of a weak Prime Minister
I was going to write something quite dismissive about today’s cabinet reshuffle. I started working on it last…
Grant Shapps and the problem with politics
Churchill famously said “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have…
Cameron’s favourite think tank wants performance related pay for all public sector workers – even the army
While the whole country is distracted by the government reshuffle this morning, those right-wingers at Policy Exchange have…
Our secret economics boffin dismantles recession book by Grant Shapps’ alter-ego
This morning I wrote about the bizarre case of Grant Shapps and a book called “How to bounce…
For the first time in a generation we have the whole centre-left vote behind one party
Mark Ferguson was right to puncture Polly Toynbee and Peter Hain’s separate overtures to the Lib Dems last…
Cameron’s effort to relaunch his government will fail if he thinks it is just about fresh faces
David Cameron may not want any advice from me as he sits in his bunker preparing for his…
