Hot leads and False Choices
Before I worked in politics, I worked in sales. One of my first jobs after finishing sixth form…
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Legal Loansharking: organising for change
Today, Ed Miliband visited Walthamstow as part of his Real Change to Win tour to see how Labour…
How I learned to stop worrying and accept community organising
This morning I’m in Walthamstow where Ed Miliband and Tom Watson will be appearing as part of their…
Labour should support personal health budgets
The left has always been strong on protection for the vulnerable but all too often this comes at…
Labour should develop a national mentoring programme
How children go onto do later in life isn’t just a factor of whether they develop crucial basic…
If the Chancellor doesn’t radically change course – he’s a fool
Keynes once said (or perhaps said), “When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do,…
Around the houses
David Steel’s admirable persistence in seeking incremental improvements to the House of Lords is about to be rewarded…
‘Nobody said anything’? You’re wrong, Your Grace
To the many friends of the late David Cairns, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia’s comments about him will be beyond…
Miliband is right to meet Romney – but he should call him out on vile dog whistle race politics
When it was confirmed yesterday that Ed Miliband would be meeting Mitt Romney during his trip to see…
What is an apprentice?
In the past year youth unemployment has increased by 306%, in my own constituency of Islwyn the figure…
