For far too long the cheerleaders of privatisation have been winning
Last week, I got the train home to Newcastle for the first time since East Coast became Virgin…
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What will the next Labour government look like? The question we’ll try to answer today
In just over fifty days the nation heads to the polls. Soon after Ed Miliband could walk through…
Whatever happened to Red UKIP?
Today, Nigel Farage says that he’ll resign as UKIP leader if he fails to win a seat in…
Labour needs to crush the deluded Tory argument that we need fewer police because crime is falling
Since 2010, Northumbria Police, like other forces, has lost 26% of its funding. £117M, 15% of our police…
A tale of two stories
The long campaign is becoming a medium-sized one, ahead of the start of the short campaign at the…
The ten-point failure of the Tories’ long-term economic plan
David Cameron talks about the Tories’ ‘long-term economic plan’ at every PMQs. Tory MPs line up to parrot…
24 hours – non-stop and no sleep
From the people who set up their stalls at the famous Surrey Street market at dawn, and the bus…
Labour Students: Assets, not tools
As the general election draws closer, Labour students across the country will be assisting their local Labour candidates…
UKIP – the mask slips (again)
It’s not just in word but deed that UKIP’s mask slipped again this week. Plenty of coverage has…
Commemorating The Fallen of Afghanistan
On the 5th of June 2010, on a very hot summer’s day, I drove to the National Arboretum…
