The movement IS the policy – why changing the way the party works is bigger than Clause IV
Last night Jon Cruddas gave a speech at the Resolution Foundation on Labour’s Policy Review. Much of the…
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Jon Cruddas has given us an alternative meaning for aspiration
Do you remember when Jon Cruddas was appointed to run the Policy Review? I bet that from pretty…
News International and Me
I’ll never forget the call from the Metropolitan Police on the Monday of Labour Party conference, September 2011,…
PMQs Verdict: Is this the best Parliament in the world? Or the worst? Actually it’s both
We’ve seen at least two sides of our Parliament in the past 24 hours – perhaps more. Last…
5 Lessons for Labour from Equal Marriage
Last night, with significant support from Labour MPs, Parliament took the first steps to achieve marriage equality. Same…
Let’s rejoice in the fact that people who love each other will be able to marry. Because there’s a lot of joy in that.
At about 7pm tonight when MPs vote to introduce historic equal marriage legislation, David Cameron will rightly get…
Labour has nothing to lose in Eastleigh and should throw the kitchen sink at it
Eastleigh wouldn’t be at the top of my list of seats where I’d be pleased by the prospect…
How seriously is Labour taking the Eastleigh by-election?
As Chris Huhne resigns after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice, all of the major parties (and…
Speculate to generate interest
Just because it’s conventional wisdom it doesn’t mean it’s true. Conventional political wisdom tells us that leadership speculation…
Ed Miliband is not Tony Blair – he’ll need to seize power in his own way
It’s now well known that the single greatest explanation for Labour’s steady lead in the polls is the…
