Environmentally empty: Boris Johnson’s toxic legacy
Boris Johnson’s approach to London’s growing environmental challenges gives us an insight into his shortcomings as Mayor. When…
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Corbyn was right to highlight the UK’s dealings with Saudi Arabia
By August 2015, the Saudi Arabian Government had beheaded more people that year than terrorist group ISIS. The…
My kinda kinder politics
So I’m back from Brighton and conferenced out for another year. I’ve danced and sung, thought and listened,…
Corbyn’s speech promised a kinder politics but it also set out a few red lines
Jeremy Corbyn began conference week in Brighton joking about the size of his marrow, yesterday he talked about…
Alan Johnson is right – it is clear that leaving the EU would be a disaster
On the left and right of British politics, there has been much speculation about Labour’s position on Europe…
Labour looked over the brink this weekend then took a step back
Labour looked over the brink this weekend then took a step back. If there had been a decision…
Our new economics will bring sustainable, progressive growth
A new politics needs a new economics which was the message from the speech by Shadow Chancellor John…
We need an investigation into Osborne’s plans for nuclear power stations
Yesterday I wrote to Meg Hillier, the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee asking her and the committee…
The EU referendum is the biggest political decision in a generation
If reports are to be believed, the Tory Party have been trying to rebrand themselves “The Workers’ Party”.…
Osborne’s cruel joke on manufacturing
During the eighties our industrial base was decimated. Margaret Thatcher in pursuit of new-liberal economics and her attacks…
