Our defeat last night shows Labour’s forgetting the politics of inclusion and compromise
There was a moment when we could have won Rochester and Strood. Talking on doorsteps there a month…
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UKIP’s Reckless win is a disaster for Cameron – but it was a painful night for Labour too
It was another long night waiting for the results to come in from Rochester and Strood, but when…
Emily Thornberry’s resignation – a “no cock ups” strategy or a wild over-reaction?
Emily Thornberry’s now infamous tweet from Rochester was clearly a fairly epic mistake – a real “What on earth…
Unlike under this government, there will be no targets for benefit sanctions under Labour
This post is written by Rachel Reeves and Stephen Timms This week’s report from Oxfam, Child Poverty Action…
We need to talk about domestic violence – now
We need to talk about domestic violence. We need to talk about it now, because austerity is making…
Politics seems less a marketplace of ideas, more a shady auction – we must change that
Society is a set of promises we make and keep to each other. That the strong will take care…
Tuition fees can still be a fair solution to university funding
Ed Miliband ran for leader supporting the idea of a graduate tax. As leader, he has presented a…
Badly handled immigration can be a problem
Maya Goodfellow says Labour’s leadership is treading the UKIP-Tory path ‘by accepting that immigration is a problem at…
PMQs Verdict: The appalling laughter of Iain Duncan Smith
Sometimes PMQs provides the opportunity to bring to the public’s attention a story that they might otherwise have…
Miliband says it’s not prejudiced to talk about immigration – but that’s exactly what this immigration debate is built on
As has become the norm in British politics, over the past couple of weeks immigration hasn’t been far…
