Moving on from “tax and spend”
At conference, Ed Balls illustrated his plan for growth. In order to generate revenue for the much-needed economic…
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A big step forward for Young Labour – and Scotland
Yesterday, supporting nominations for the Scottish Labour Leadership closed; and on that list, for the first time ever, Young…
Looking back (and ahead)
Labour’s storming victory at the first by-election of the parliament in Oldham East seems a long, long time…
Youth, empathy and placards
Yesterday’s unemployment figures are a serious indictment of the failure of the Government’s economic policy. Although parliament was…
Escaping from the box…
We’re angry. We see the destruction that is happening everywhere. The chaos that is the tip of the…
Why Labour people should back “The Great Strike”
The Great Strike is just two weeks away. From headteachers to lollipop ladies, care assistants to university lecturers,…
Support the million
It has been announced today that there are now over 1 million young people unemployed in this country–…
A Labour Movement? Really?
“You have got to stop seeing political parties as the engines of social change.” Colin Crouch, a lefty…
The unions’ problem runs deeper – for unions and for Labour
I read Luke Akehurst’s concern yesterday about the strength of the Labour-union link, and about the decline in…
The Economy – Is Labour finally getting its act together?
It’s been a long time coming, but finally Labour – and the progressive left more broadly – are…
