On marriage
I am very happily married. I’ve been with my partner for six plus years and married for three…
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In defence of All Women Shortlists
You can almost set your watch by it. Every few years someone – almost invariably a man –…
Boris Johnson’s Deputy’s outside interests under scrutiny
Karen Buck MP has asked the GLA standards committee to investigate the Deputy Mayor of London Kit Malthouse…
Helmer’s defection to UKIP ultimately the result of Tory confusion about selection processes
At one level I can’t get very worked up about Roger Helmer MEP defecting from the Tories to…
The fight of our lives
After a year that has seen a landslide win for the SNP, a new Leader and Deputy Leader…
Bradford West selection begins
It was only yesterday that Bradford West MP Masha Singh announced that he was stepping down due to…
A tale of Two Parties
Editor’s Note: Recently, Labour activist (and LabourList columnist) Emma Burnell, and Lib Dem activist (and blogger) Mark Thompson…
Iran: we’d be mad to
Towards the end of February Labour launched, to little fanfare, its ‘shadow defence review’. The consultation paper will…
State of the Party survey – February 2012
It’s that time of the month when we conduct our “State of the Party” survey – the number…
“I worked in the NHS before. It’s an incredible thing. British people should really protect it.”
I’ve been waiting for an hour now. There’s nowhere to sit, little room to stand and when I…
