3 ways to make conference better
Last week I wrote about conference, and continued to ask what conference is for. However, at the end…
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Michael Gove – Dragon Slayer
In recent weeks I have been struck on the number of encounters I have had with people who…
The badger cull has no sound scientific, economic or moral basis
As a proud member of the Forest of Dean community, a tax payer, and someone who lives in…
What the Green Party are really like – and how we can beat them
It was interesting to read Steve Bassam’s piece about Green Party hypocrisy. Some years ago, when I first…
Is Ed trying to get protest voted into Downing Street?
There’s a Populus poll in the Times this morning, so lets play “spot the difference” – Exhibit 1:…
The strange death of Francois Hollande
Whatever happened to Francois Hollande? You remember: the “Monsieur Normal” who ended the French Left’s seventeen-year exile from…
Why on earth is stopping Labour from saying the Universal Credit won’t work?
This afternoon the Secretary of State is up before the Work & Pensions Select Committee for a chat…
It was twenty years ago today…
It’s twenty years ago today that Britain crashed out of the ERM. Here’s how the papers reported it…
The PFI legacy – and a way forward
Over the summer the financial difficulty of NHS trusts, some of which have Private Finance Initiatives, gave Lansley…
Advice to first time conference attenders
Thanks to one of the best measures in the Refounding Labour changes every CLP has been given a…
