Dennis Skinner will be missed on Labour’s NEC
I don’t have a natural tribe within Labour politics. I’m not hard right or left. I don’t love…
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Getting the devolution revolution right
Whilst it is not the sort of announcement which is going to set the world on fire, Miliband’s…
Cruddas’s message is clear: the digital age is ours for the taking
Jon Cruddas’s wide-ranging speech to the RSA on Tuesday on a New Progressive Politics deserves some real attention…
PMQs verdict: Going through the motions
There were many subjects that could have dominated PMQs this week. For example, ISIS have now declared a…
We have the vision. We need to act as if we believe it
‘After this, nothing happened’. That was how Plenty Coup, leader of the Native American Crow nation saw the…
How London could have a Tory Mayor in 2016 again
The commonly held view is that a Labour candidate will almost certainly be the next Mayor of London.…
A modern, hopeful Socialism – Cruddas does the vision thing
Now that Labour has a basket of policies – good policies, and more announced today – the debate…
It’s time Labour councillors got the respect we deserve
Labour’s 7,000 plus councillors are the backbone of the party. We are depended on to knock on doors,…
Cameron “outwitted, outmanoeuvred and outvoted” – Miliband’s statement on Juncker appointment
“The Prime Minister failed over Mr Juncker. He was outwitted, outmanoeuvred and outvoted. Instead of building bridges in…
Why we can’t tackle inequality without strong trade unions
In 2009, David Cameron said research by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett “has shown that among the richest countries,…
