PMQs verdict: David Cameron kills off the Big Society
Well that wasn’t quite the pre-Christmas knockabout PMQs we were all expecting. In fact, it was largely on…
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A cut as incompetent as it is callous
Ed Miliband’s recent description of the Tory-led coalition as a “make-it-up-as-you-go-along, back-of-the-envelope, miserable shower”, rings depressingly true given…
The Queen’s attendance at Cabinet was an awful idea
I had a very uncomfortable feeling about the Queen’s visit to Cabinet today. At first I thought it…
New Labour, historical danger?
There is an ongoing debate about the place of New Labour within the Labour Party tradition. Some, generally…
At our best, when at our oldest
Last Friday, the Archbishop of Canterbury called our attention to the place and contribution of older people in…
Why let the facts get in the way of demonising the poor?
Yesterday the online cheerleaders of the Tory Party were rejoicing, as Grant Shapps gave the poor a good…
Welfare cuts and the death of Compassionate Conservatism
The Autumn Statement of two weeks ago was the final nail in the coffin of ‘compassionate conservatism’. The…
Ed Miliband: “I’m sure there’ll be readers of LabourList who’ll be saying ‘why is he talking about this stuff?’”
This afternoon after his speech on integration, our editor Mark Ferguson sat down with the Labour leader to…
Labour’s Problem with Integration
This week’s census data showed that the UK is becoming more diverse than ever. Much of the debate…
Despite the angst, diversity is basically working in Britain
Today, Ed Miliband called for a comprehensive integration strategy. Let me write it for him: “Each local authority…
