English Labour: I’m not persuaded
In recent days rather a lot of my colleagues have expressed their support for the idea of an…
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Not even Obama is safe from the spiteful wrath of the increasingly desperate eurosceptics
The question is leading. The franchise is too great. The timing is wrong. Unpurdah is unfair. The Yes…
Bombing Syria: parliament, a myth, and four conditions before we go to war again
Just one of those things which everyone knows but which ain’t so: that in 2013 the House of…
A winning economic programme for the future – Questions to leadership candidates on the economy
Below Peter Hain has written an open letter to Labour’s leadership candidates Dear Colleagues, Comments by some Labour…
The political elite need to lay off Jeremy Corbyn
The unwelcome briefings and the public prophesies of doom and destruction from senior figures in the Labour Party…
Why calls for Liz Kendall to drop out are nonsense
The rise of Jeremy Corbyn has, it goes without saying, completely shifted the terms and nature of the…
The Tories’ most recent attack on democracy
Last week, the Government quietly slipped out a written statement saying that the start date for full Individual…
Why I’m backing Diane Abbott to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor
They told me not to support Diane in the selection to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. ‘She’s…
We’re punching below our weight until we acknowledge Tony Blair’s successes for our party
Under Tony Blair, the Labour Party became the most successful post-war election winning machine in recent British history.…
An open letter to Stephen Timms MP
Dear Stephen Following your uncharacteristic attack on myself and 47 other comrades, I thought I would just send…
