British politics trundles towards the abyss – what are we doing about it?
The Labour Party’s response to a worsening polling position has been remarkably sanguine. For a long time, there…
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We must not make the same mistake with the Greens that we did with the Lib Dems
Given the extent to which UKIP has wrong-footed Labour (nationally we don’t seem to have decided yet whether…
Why I am supporting ‘proper’ recall for MPs
The UKIP victory in this month’s Clacton by-election; the close shave for Labour in Heywood and Middleton and…
Timetable for Scottish Labour leader selection announced
Scottish Labour will have a new leader by Christmas, it has been decided. After a short meeting this…
Forgotten from the minimum wage debates, why Britain’s young workers need a pay rise
Last week, with tens of thousands of others, I joined the TUC’s Britain needs a pay rise march.…
Why Lamont left – and what happens next?
Johann Lamont’s resignation was a surprise, if only in terms of timing. Politicians – especially party leaders –…
Johann Lamont resigns as Scottish Labour leader
Johann Lamont has resigned as leader of the Scottish Labour Party with immediate effect. She told the Scottish…
Labour need to go further on the National Minimum Wage, say LabourList readers
At the start of the week, Alan Milburn the former Labour minister who now chairs the commission on…
Miliband sets out 5 point immigration reform plan (but won’t join “Operation Pander”)
Ed Miliband is in Rochester today, where he’s campaigning for the party’s by-election candidate Naushabah Khan against what…
David Cameron’s efforts to prove how much he loves the NHS reveal how little he understands it
This week I was tempted to write about the fact that UKIP have befriended a holocaust denier in…
