The LabourList Political World Cup Guide – Semi-Finals
Wimbledon has been and gone, as has the British leg of the Tour de France, and politics is…
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Why Miliband (and Cameron) shouldn’t be so shy about their climate credentials
At last year’s party conference, shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said he had recommended to Labour’s electoral team…
Alan Johnson shows how a TV appearance should be done
Some politicians love doing TV interviews, some hate them and you can tell. I must confess due to…
5 reasons why I love the NHS
Labour’s summer push to highlight the anniversary of the foundation of the NHS (through imaginative online campaigning such…
Blair’s leadership at 20: To move on, we must separate the leader from the man
In 2005, Tony Blair was told by Charles Trevail that some personal polling had been carried out about…
Childcare is not just a “woman’s issue”
Whether rightly or wrongly, women are responsible for the majority of childcare. Despite this, I refuse to accept…
Once their Lordships vacate our crumbling Parliament, let’s keep them out
One of the fringe benefits of the costly plan to refurbish the Palace of Westminster is that for…
David Willetts doesn’t get it – we should be doing more to support disabled students, not less
The huge expansion of higher education under Labour in the 1960s was the big reform that meant people…
Only by rejecting the big state can Labour achieve social justice
Public services built to cope with the demands of the previous century now operate in a landscape that has changed unrecognisably. Not only have…
Big questions remain over Andy Coulson. Here’s one of them
When in doubt, favour the cock-up theory over the conspiracy. People can be clever and well organised, but…
