Why did Michael Sheen make his speech? It’s because the stakes are so high for our NHS
It’s been a great week for the internet, whether your bag is controversially coloured dresses, hitchhiking weasels, llamas…
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The politics of justice – enforcing the minimum wage
I was astonished and genuinely outraged (as others have been) at the reported remarks of my MP Conservative…
Time for an alternative to the pro-austerity consensus
The conventional assessment is that the UK economy is in reasonable shape. Indeed, there has been some growth…
Call on all Labour candidates to take local health and wellbeing boards to task over cold homes
For years fuel poverty campaigners have been calling on politicians to recognise the affects of cold and damp…
It’s official: Cameron is a coward
David Cameron says that he wants to debate Ed Miliband. And we believe him right? I mean it’s…
Tactical voting: unless we are an open tribe, we will die
So Compass holds a debate about the relevance, or not, of tactical voting in the run up May…
PMQs Verdict: Nevermind what Cameron said – it’s what he wouldn’t say that matters
There are only three PMQs left until the election. Three more of these turgid, unattractive, unedifying and borderline…
The harsh, uncomfortable truths about child abuse in Oxfordshire and Rotherham
“Wait until the Oxford stuff comes out, it will shock you,” I was told over a year ago,…
Whatever happened to the UKIP of tomorrow?
The polls have been remarkably stable over the first two months of this year. In the end, the…
Labour’s immigration policies are excellent – we need to champion them on the doorstep
The pistol has been fired and the race has begun. For many Labour activists door knocking and phone…
