State of the Party survey – January 2012
It’s that time again, when we conduct our “State of the Party” survey – the number one monthly…
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PMQs verdict – Ed’s best week
In many ways the past 7/8 days have been Ed Miliband’s best as Labour leader, at the very…
Labour MPs – vote with your hearts
Today, at 12.30pm the welfare reform bill will return to the House of Commons. Let’s be very clear…
It’s time for Labour to embrace the happiness agenda
Andy Burnham gave his first major speech as Shadow Health secretary today about mental health and well-being. In it…
The Ed we’d like to see
“With this prime minister, a veto is not for life, it’s just for Christmas.” That was a good…
John Mann is wrong on benefits – punishing poor families in London is not the answer
John Mann MP has a characteristically blunt article over on the Progress website in which he argues that…
Crises, politicians and the Mirror of Erised
The Children’s Act (2004) outlaws only forms of smacking that leave “grazes, scratches, abrasions, minor bruising, swelling, superficial cuts…
Parenting is a benign dictatorship. Sometimes smacking is necessary
I was on my way home after an hour’s toddler-wrangling in church when I picked up a copy…
Ed gets his Mili-bonus
So Stephen Hester won’t be getting his bonus, having decided to decline it in fear that the commons…
NEC Report – January 24th
Partnership Into Power/Policy Review Report; Peter Hain reported on the extended period of consultation on the reform of…
