Labour’s ‘angry brigade’ has misunderstood Blair’s message
Shortly after Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, the BBC began running Caroline Ahern’s mock talk…
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Sorry Tony – but being “dispassionate” would be a recipe for bloodless technocracy
Today marks the real return of Tony Blair to the domestic political debate, after an absence of six…
Miliband managed to pay tribute to Thatcher, whilst remaining critical. He’s a better man than me
Ed Miliband had an unenviable task in the Commons today. His politics are quite different from those of…
The Labour MPs boycotting Parliament today
Whilst the message of the Labour leadership has been that MPs should return to Parliament today if they…
Coming to terms with Margaret Thatcher
The death of Margaret Thatcher is a sad moment. This is the political figure who has been with…
Her legacy is of a deeply divided and unhappy country of the haves and the have-nots
I had always promised myself that on the day I heard the news that Margaret Thatcher had finally…
Thatcher’s death is no time for celebration on the Left – we should be focused on the Britain we want to build
Margaret Thatcher has passed away today, aged 87. Some on the Left will openly celebrate that fact. Anyone…
Full employment could be the silver bullet for Labour
Reading the reaction to yesterday’s news that Labour plans to revive the contributory principle in welfare, you’d think…
South Shields selection – The Shortlist
The Shortlist for the South Shields by-election selection has been confirmed. Early frontrunner – Council leader Iain Malcolm…
Mick Philpott, George Osborne and the Bankers: Distraction, Division and Deceit
Mick Philpott, a violent husband and father of seventeen, an adulterer, killed his children because you made him.…
