Osborne’s dangerous assault on our regional economies
Tomorrow sees a Westminster Hall debate on the North East economy. I am looking forward to hearing the…
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Is political protest music dying? Or already dead?
Last week, the punk-ska-folk outfit The King Blues announced they were splitting up, signalling the end of arguably…
Ed Miliband has saved the union link
Ed Miliband saved Labour’s historic link with the trade union movement today. That might sound like a bit…
A casual disregard for the contributions that older people have made
On Thursday, Brian Paddick’s campaign team tweeted a (now deleted) comment about Ken Livingstone being “old” and “past…
Ken’s election broadcast was a successful campaign initiative
Day three of coverage for Labour’s London election campaign broadcast and the interest it provoked has not abated.…
Who really speaks up for victims?
John and Penny Clough take the stage to talk about the murder of their daughter Jane with grief…
Labour must be proud, not cowed
For the last 18 months the Labour Party has had its head down, staring at the floor at…
A protest? Or did voters in Bradford West actually believe Galloway’s nonsense
“I am determined to learn the lessons of why we lost here in Bradford” said Ed Miliband yesterday…
The NHS and Labour – after the bill
The Health and Social Care Bill has passed and fundamentally changed our NHS, moving it to a regulated…
Faith and the Labour Party
Roy Hattersley, in one of his many works, describes the moment in 1981 when he knew he would…
