George Galloway’s style isn’t part of the solution – it’s part of the problem
How we talk about politics is incredibly important. Those of us already politically aware and active have a…
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The Tory campaign in Eastleigh has gone into meltdown
Many of you will be familiar with Michael Fabricant, the Vice Chair of the Conservative Party with responsibility…
We need to shine a bright light into the dark recesses of Michael Gove’s Department
I’ve been in politics for twenty years, and have seen plenty of rough and tumble. What has been…
Ed Balls isn’t going anywhere – and nor should he
There’s a curious “open letter” to Ed Balls in the New Statesman this week from Anthony Seldon, urging…
Social Democrat Ed Miliband rejects “significantly higher tax and spending”
Speaking to Bloomberg whilst on his Scandinavian trip this week (from which he has now returned), Ed Miliband…
John O’Farrell has changed since the 1980s – unlike the underbelly of the Tory Party
Things Can Only Get Better is a wonderful book. When it appeared in 1998, it made the name…
Ed’s Mansion Tax speech got “cut through” – because the press are still talking about it
One of the big problems that Miliband and his team have wrestled with in recent months is getting…
Alan Johnson and Len McCluskey both need to calm down
I had been resisting the temptation to step in between Alan Johnson and Len McCluskey and shout the online version…
The South is not a foreign country
There is a myth in Labour circles that has become engrained. It’s called the “Southern voter”. This caricature…
Gove and Osborne have delivered a real terms cut in school funding – despite pledging an increase
Back in 2010 during his now infamous “Spending Review”, George Osborne said: “There will be a real increase…
