The Shrewsbury 24 deserve to know what really went on in 1972
In 1972, after an industrial dispute in the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury, 24 men were prosecuted under the…
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One, two, three, what are we fighting for?
I have lost count of the number of times I have been exhorted to fight this election on…
Labour will make a positive difference to the life of disabled people
Labour’s manifesto centres on the idea that Britain only succeeds when working people succeed. I’m proud that we’ve…
Europe’s Governments have turned their backs on those drowning in the Mediterranean
Thousands are drowning off Europe’s shores. Yet Europe’s Governments have turned their backs. Last year EU leaders from…
Campaign 2015 – Tales of the Unexpected
It was not supposed to be like this. Coming in to the general election campaign the Conservatives were…
How the Tories turned me into a Labour councillor
General elections have a way of focusing the mind and crystallising the differences between Britain’s political parties. And…
We need to do much more to ensure that being a survivor of domestic abuse doesn’t make it dangerous to vote
It’s the final countdown – just one day left to register to vote and make sure you will…
5 things we learned from David Axelrod’s election campaign intervention
David Axelrod was hired to advise Ed Miliband exactly a year ago, but there has been considerable criticism…
The latest universal credit figures are an embarrassment for the Tories
Yesterday, the Department of Work and Pensions published their latest figures for the number of people claiming universal credit.…
The latest Ashcroft poll of Scottish seats is more than a mere earthquake – it’s a cataclysm
If previous Ashcroft constituency polling in Scotland could be described as an earthquake, the poll the Tory peer…
