What’s Labour’s answer to the Tories’ likely election – renegotiate – referendum on the EU approach?
So William Hague has launched the FCO review of the competences of the EU (essentially, an examination of…
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The ONS underestimated the population of Newham by nearly 70,000 people – what went wrong?
Last weekend the best estimate from the ONS said that 240,000 people lived in Newham, yesterday the census…
So far David Cameron has managed, not led, the Tory party
In politics if you are not on the attack then you are on the defence, on the front…
Soothing factional politics within Labour: 9/10. Connecting with the public: 2/10
I’ll let you into a guilty secret: I’m a sucker for brass bands. As a Yorkshireman who grew…
Homophobic bullying must be tackled by Labour’s local leaders
From civil partnerships to adoption rights for same-sex couples, the Labour governments led by Tony Blair and Gordon…
Iraq, Genocide and the Kurds
Labour people used to have a very good understanding of the injustices suffered by the Iraqi people under…
Fire!
“In our professional opinion…fires, fire deaths and fire related injuries will begin to rise.” That’s a quote from…
What no-one ever tells you about the Durham Miners’ Gala
What do people in Westminster and the media tell you when they talk about the Durham Miners’ Gala?…
Reaching out to people who left the party after 1997 isn’t a left-right project
What do the (limited) return of Tony Blair and Labour’s by-election loss in Bradford have in common? An…
Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s big problem? She’s not Birgitte Nyborg…
Helle Thorning-Schmidt – the real-life left-leaning first female Prime Minister of Denmark – has one big problem: she’s…
