Local elections: the councils Labour should watch
Last night, YouGov announced that Labour now has an 11point lead in the polls. This is the largest…
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What a waste of money
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I’m spending a few days this week…
Asbestos claimants are not part of “compensation culture”
MPs are voting today on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. The Bill makes sweeping…
The next election is in Ed Miliband’s hands
So UKIP are ahead of the Liberal Democrats in the latest YouGov poll. It was only a matter…
A View from Behind the Front Line
As numerous column inches are currently given to the ongoing electoral battle in London and other key councils…
Meeting Tweeting
It’s a packed-out hall on a spring evening. Almost two hundred Labour members have gathered to hear the…
Southern Comfort – Crawley and Reigate
Back in the south-east and Crawley is my first stop to launch Labour’s Local Election campaign. I have…
Why Labour should stick with the “opt-out” for union members
As an ex-General Secretary of the Labour Party, Peter Watt is insightful and thoughtful on the challenge of…
What price loyalty?
“There’s only one thing I value and that’s loyalty. And without it, you’re nothing.” Film fanatics like myself…
Scottish Labour needs a strategy as sophisticated as Scots themselves
Since Scottish Labour’s change of leadership in December, our ability to engage in the big issues beyond the…
