The donation dilemma – does Labour have enough money to run the 2015 election campaign that’s needed
Yesterday’s Electoral Commission figures brought home some harsh truths for Labour on donors, donations and party funding. Predictably…
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Do we need a Marshall plan for the Middle East?
World prices are on the up and leaders are worried. G20 Ministers are regularly talking to see how…
Ed’s got a new guru? It’s much more complex than that…
Recently the New Statesman’s George Eaton revealed that Tim Soutphommasane was Ed Miliband’s new “guru”. Yesterday the Observer…
Rape 101
Ooookay. Thanks, the internet. I’d got most of my column written at about half seven last night –…
Labour’s policy review needs to win the generation game
The unfair settlement between generations in Britain is an open wound at the heart of society. At the…
The Pussy Riot case is about fundamental human rights
As predicted the trial in Moscow of three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot has ended…
Regional Tourism – just as important
As the curtain falls on the London Olympic Games, the government has launched their flagship tourism campaign. The…
Assange shows those on the extreme right and left of politics share the inability to appreciate irony
One of the defining characteristics of those on the extreme right and left of politics is the inability…
Labour must free the Press
The first instalment of Lord Leveson’s inquiry report into the Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press is…
Tim Soutphommasane, Labour – and a new patriotism
The notion of ‘patriotism’ has been met by most members of the Labour Party of the last few…
