3 lessons from Bradford West
A lot will be written about Bradford West over the coming weeks as Labour tries to work out…
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Happy April Fools’ Week
The earliest recordance of April Fool’s Day is in ‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ chapter of The Canterbury Tales: Sin March bigan,…
Bradford West: A view from the ground
I joined the campaign full time 2 weeks before the election, and spent every day campaigning at the…
Southern Comfort – Southampton
Fresh on the heels of our trip to Reading and Slough, my tour of the south-east picked up…
Could the mayoral model mean more Bradford West shocks for Labour?
If the result in Bradford tells us anything, it’s that politics is unpredictable. When you least expect it, the…
Lessons from Bradford
Many will try to draw their own conclusions from the Bradford by election defeat; more often than not…
Does Labour take the BAME vote for granted?
I woke up this morning hoping that last night’s election result was nothing but a bad dream. Unfortunately,…
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all
In Labour circles George Galloway’s byelection victory was greeted with complete and utter incredulity. I lost count of…
The three groups who are wrong about Bradford West
One of the really desperate things about politics is watching the ever present dichotomy between people who deny…
Bradford debacle: Galloway is right, Labour must listen
Election day is not the time to argue about tactics. So like lemmings to the cliff, seasoned Bassetlaw…
