VAT, Tories and dangerous complacency
The Cut VAT Campaign calls for a permanent cut on VAT to 5% on all home repair, maintenance and improvement…
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Labour remains pragmatically pro-European
Jon Worth (in his post yesterday) misrepresents the position of the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander. Perhaps if…
My biggest worry about Labour’s future
Recently I was asked what my biggest worry about Labour’s future was as an NEC member. This may…
Good growth
Those on the left have long presumed that there was more to life than the simple maximisation of…
Has Labour’s EU policy actually changed?
I’ve always been pro-EU, largely because since the advent of the EU, European powers have managed to stop…
When people miss the point
There’s nothing more embarrassing than when people miss the point. We’ve all seen it. The one guest who…
Alan Keen, and the game he loved
Yes, Alan Keen MP was one of the nicest guy in politics. Over the many years I knew…
More of the same will not do
The new Defence Secretary Philip Hammond made an important visit to Afghanistan last week. From my own experience…
Plan B unveiled – Time to back Miliband
At last the Tory-led coalition have accepted the merits of Keynesian economics, and have begun to draw up…
Douglas Alexander’s ‘Tory light’ EU policy is not right for Labour
On the day before Labour Party Conference, Ed Miliband announced a policy that Labour would restrict student fees…
