Sorting the welfare reality from the welfare myths
The first time the bus leaves for a school trip that you can’t afford to go on is…
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If we are serious about government, we need to learn to play the expectations game better than this
Last weekend an Independent exclusive reported that Labour had made an in-principle decision not to stick to Tory…
What I have learned
In December 2010 I was introduced to Ed Miliband by Lord Maurice Glasman. Up to that point I…
Galloway won’t be rejoining the Labour Party – but Miliband was still wrong to meet him
There’s been a certain amount of (entirely justifiable) anger and confusion from many Labour supporters today at reports…
We’re not “all Thatcherites now”
When David Cameron said we are all ‘Thatcherites’ now on the morning of Baroness Thatchers funeral he not…
No Labour Chancellor should contemplate adopting Osborne’s economic figures
In the new edition of the Fabian Review magazine, I make the case for Labour to ignore the temptation to…
Could Labour Govern?
What if Labour did win power in 2015? My new pamphlet, Future Shock, argues that a future Labour…
The “do something” consensus is piling pressure on Ed Miliband
There’s an interesting splash in the Indy this morning that claims the Shadow Cabinet are coaelscing around plans…
Five answers for Labour
Tony Blair is right. Labour can’t merely be an opposition crying foul at every move the coalition makes…
Thatcher’s funeral showed us how far we are from One Nation
If Ed Miliband ever thought building “One Nation” politics was going to be easy – which I’m sure…
