Happy April Fools’ Week
The earliest recordance of April Fool’s Day is in ‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ chapter of The Canterbury Tales: Sin March bigan,…
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Bradford West: A view from the ground
I joined the campaign full time 2 weeks before the election, and spent every day campaigning at the…
Government are “out of touch” say voters
A poll for the Independent on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror has found that 72% of people agree…
Lessons from Bradford
Many will try to draw their own conclusions from the Bradford by election defeat; more often than not…
Does Labour take the BAME vote for granted?
I woke up this morning hoping that last night’s election result was nothing but a bad dream. Unfortunately,…
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all
In Labour circles George Galloway’s byelection victory was greeted with complete and utter incredulity. I lost count of…
Bradford debacle: Galloway is right, Labour must listen
Election day is not the time to argue about tactics. So like lemmings to the cliff, seasoned Bassetlaw…
Bradford West makes the case for a new kind of politics even stronger
Petrol madness. Pasty Tax. Granny Tax. A tax cut for the rich. A Tory donation scandal. It was…
Bradford West by-election liveblog
2.28: Respect 18,341 Labour 8,201 – and on that note. Goodnight. 2.02: The result has been apparent for two hours…
Trade unions need to articulate a compelling vision of a new kind of economy
The ink is barely dry on the Chancellor’s “audacious gamble” of a Budget and already the OECD is…
