McBride back to attack a Labour leader? Old habits die hard
Stop the presses: the paperback edition of Damian McBride’s aptly named memoir Power Trip has been published. And if…
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The law alone won’t stop domestic violence – we need a culture change
There’s been little, if any, criticism following Yvette Cooper’s announcement yesterday that if elected next May Labour will…
Why we can’t do without All-Women Shortlists
The perennial issue of All Women Shortlists (AWS) has raised its head again, with Cynon Valley CLP extremely…
Ed needs to build on his PMQs idea and create a more deferential parliament
Ed Miliband’s comments about public dissatisfaction with politics and politicians on the Andrew Marr show cannot be refuted.…
Miliband gets his retaliation in first
Of course Ed Miliband isn’t really like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit. If he was he’d have been eating…
5 summer reads for the politically minded
Each year I spend a good chunk of the run-up to the Summer holidays cajoling overworked PPCs and…
The mess left by the Trojan Horse
The Peter Clarke report into the Trojan Horse allegations in Birmingham schools is an impressive piece of investigative…
Why Labour should make energy efficiency their top infrastructure priority
Melting into a sweaty puddle in a boiling hot office it’s easy to forget the winter, and the…
Who governs: governments or business?
Who, in reality, makes the rules we live by? This is a question that has grown in importance…
On policy, Labour needs to do to the NHS what it has done on rail and energy
“A radical manifesto which transforms our society… A new settlement for our country”. That was Angela Eagle’s promise…
