In 2015 we can create a new history for Britain
This year’s General Election is the most important in a generation. We’re at a pivotol crossroads and the…
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My New Year’s resolution? Get out of Westminster
This week Ed Miliband kick-started Labour’s General Election campaign and our effort to achieve 4 million doorstep conversations…
Labour can lead the way towards trans* equality
Trans people and trans rights throughout recent history have seen their identity ignored, their legal rights abused and…
4 million conversations: sometimes turning up is enough
4 million conversations. If I ever write my political memoirs this could be the title – although admittedly…
The mansion tax is good for London, good for the NHS, and good for redistributive politics
It is argued by Tories such as Boris Johnson that the mansion tax is anti-London because most homes…
Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo
In the hours after the murder of 10 journalists and 2 police officers in Paris, my inbox has…
Jim Murphy and the need for an English Labour manifesto
Jim Murphy’s comment that the cost of Scottish nurses will be largely be paid for by wealthy homeowners…
Sorry, but the Greens are not a major party
David Cameron does not want the Green Party to be involved in the leaders’ debates through any high-minded…
Giving up a seat voluntarily after one term is pretty rare – so why are so many government MPs quitting?
When no fewer than eight MPs from the main governing party, seven in seats targeted by the opposition,…
Charlie Hebdo: perhaps we can take inspiration from satire’s ability to humanise us all
It’s hard to know what to say about the Charlie Hebdo shootings beyond expressing abject sadness. Everything else…
