‘What is securonomics? Look to Germany and Sweden for clues, not just the US’
Labour’s annual conference starting this weekend will continue the party’s focus on promoting ‘securonomics’ as a response to…
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‘Attlee’s power-with-purpose approach to politics has many lessons for us’
In 2004, a University of Leeds/Ipsos MORI poll of university academics rated Clement Attlee as the twentieth-century’s greatest…
‘Why Labour should adopt free travel for under-18s’
Transport underpins everything we do. It is fundamental to our ability to connect with our friends and family,…
‘Labour won’t condemn Israeli apartheid. It musn’t backtrack on Palestinian rights’
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be bringing the cause of justice for the Palestinian people to the Labour…
Potential Blackpool South by-election offers chance for further Labour gain
Potential Blackpool South by-election Good morning. Tory MP Scott Benton could, if reporting in yesterday’s Mirroris to be…
‘Conference backed PR a year ago – now Labour must fix first past the post’
This year’s Labour conference is designed to be an upbeat and inspiring affair: the final battery charge for…
‘Bus franchising sounds dull – but history shows it can lead to public ownership’
Imagine waiting for a bus at Marble Arch on a hot summer evening in London in 1921. There…
‘How do Labour annual conference, its policy process and votes all work?’
The Labour Party’s annual conference is the one of the biggest political events in Europe. It is Labour’s…
‘Air pollution may have killed my father – the Tories just don’t care’
In 2009, my 54-year-old father suddenly died. Of course, our family was devastated. For decades, he worked long…
‘Ministers like control, but Labour must offer radical, irreversible devolution’
Labour has promised a ‘Take Back Control Bill’ in the first King’s Speech. Aimed at England, it must…
