Taking the pressure off
It was in George Osborne’s 2009 Party Conference speech that we first heard his sound bite “we’re all…
Comment
The left needs more focus on the EU
“Osborne to cut paid holidays to boost growth.” It’s not too difficult to imagine that headline, given the…
Laws and sausages
There is a quote whose origins allegedly range from Otto von Bismarck to an unknown Illinois State Senator…
The way women talk about themselves
It has been an honour and a privilege for me to get to know some amazing women through…
The end of Indeterminate Sentences at last seems imminent
At last the prime minister himself has signalled the firm intention “shortly” to end the cruel injustice of…
A glittering display of Tory ineptitude, extremism, grandstanding and disloyalty
It is now widely understood that Cameron’s political office is inadequate to the task. Party leaders don’t have…
How to lose members and alienate people
Sometimes – nay, oftentimes – the structures and processes of the Labour Party leave me utterly lost for…
The Left needs to find its voice on the EU
The EU is seen as that perennial obsession of the Tory right-wing fringes: the sort of issue that…
PMQs verdict: Say hello to Bad Dave (and Desperate Dave)
There was a time – though it seems hard to believe now – when David Cameron had the…
The Party of Business
As Labour’s new Shadow Small Business Minister, I’m looking forward to taking forward our argument on how government…
