O-levels? Keep calm and carry on…
The ubiquity of “Keep Calm and Carry On” and its off-shoot slogans has long since robbed them of…
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Why the Union/Labour link is important
The link between trade unions like UNISON and the Labour Party is often described as historic. That is…
Cameron is in a whole heap of trouble – mostly of his own making
It’s a basic rule of politics that you need to secure your base. Without a sound platform of…
The real cost of regional public sector pay
Yesterday my Shadow Cabinet Colleague, the Shadow Secretary of State for Government Margaret Curran, and I led a…
Hey! Gove! Leave them kids alone!
GCSEs aren’t easy. There. I’ve said it. Every year they are mocked, the achievements of young people are…
Basic human needs are NOT luxuries to be rationed
Yesterday’s unemployment figures make grim reading: the last quarter has seen 39,000 public sector jobs cut, bringing public…
Scrap “understudy” PMQs – they are a waste of time
I tried to write a review of “PMQs” today. I really did. Except if we’re completely honest William…
Tony Blair’s instincts on the Euro were right
Monday’s extract from the latest tranche of Alastair Campbell’s diaries , The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq, published in the “Guardian”…
Put down the shovel, George…
According to George Osborne there’s “only one thing worse than listening, and that’s not listening”. This justifies his…
What the NEC election results mean
Labour’s NEC results have been announced today – expect the mainstream media and the right to read plenty…
