Labour Europhiles should support a referendum on the EU
Why should Labour Europhiles support the People’s Pledge, the campaign for an EU referendum? Isn’t the demand for…
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A Memo for Tim Livesey
I don’t have a great track record of memo-writing. Peter Mandelson once walked into Downing Street and a…
Railways for the many, not high speed rail for the few
Labour will be travelling on the wrong line if it gives its wholehearted support for the proposed HS2.…
More on Scotland and devo max
I propose the following basic elements in a new constructive policy on Scotland for the Labour Party: 1.…
Better policy-making means better policies
In policy terms, Labour is facing its biggest challenge for a political generation. In order to respond to…
100 days, 100 percent
It’s just 100 days to the London Mayoral elections. Ken Livingstone’s recent poll surge is good news but…
Fair Access to Higher Education
Higher education in Europe is going through the biggest changes since the Renaissance. With the UK’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat…
There is no “normal” reaction to Auschwitz
Last November I took a trip with two hundred school kids, a few politicians and a selection of…
Do some at the Guardian have an agenda against Ed Miliband?
Apparently the Guardian’s Patrick Wintour and Nick Watt – political editor and correspondent at the Guardian respectively –…
How do deal with a social media mistake (and how not to)
The Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition were in Davos. Peter Mandelson has written a report…
