Ceding ground on cuts sees Tories take poll lead
In the last week alone, the IMF, ILO, World Bank and one of the world’s leading economist Paul…
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The politics of the seminar room is costing Labour
Labour’s message isn’t cutting through. The announcement last week that the party could not promise to reverse every…
Whose votes have we lost? And why?
It has undeniably been a rubbish couple of months for Labour in the national polls – though not…
Getting real about the benefit cap
Despite attempts to inject some clarity today, Labour’s policy on the “benefits cap” still feels muddled. That’s partially because…
The left’s new divides
2011 was dominated by a false unity for the left. Labour behaved as if it were still in…
A massive yacht for the Queen
“A yacht. A yacht? Really, a yacht? You want to leak it that we’re going to buy the…
5 things Liam Byrne should focus on
Liam Byrne was right to remind us a few weeks ago that Beveridge’s system was fundamentally one of…
State of the Labour blogosphere – into the darkness
Let no one ever tell you that there are positives about being in opposition. Nothing about the gnawing…
Migration Watch row says a lot about modern Britain’s attitude to immigration
This month, a report from Migration Watch apparently claimed a link between migration to the UK and youth…
Triangulation? It doesn’t work anymore Mr Miliband
A few months after Labour’s devastating defeat in May 2010, a former Blairite aide – John McTernan, who…
