A rough guide to today in Parliament
I wasn’t intending to be in London this Friday for Private Members’ Bills, but I’ve rearranged my diary…
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Comeback Ken?
Today’s poll for the Evening Standard by YouGov has – as the editor of Labourlist tweeted today –…
It’s hard to get angry about the 80s (despite the Iron Lady)
I have a problem. You see, when Ed Miliband says that the Tory-led government is taking up ‘back…
Opposition sucks, and we suck at opposition
Something is really frightening me. Have you heard about the Shadow Cabinet minister who said something disloyal? How…
A call to arms
For those who stand outside the austerity consensus, reading Len McCluskey’s column on Tuesday was like coming up…
PMQs Verdict: The day satire died
PMQs can sometimes be an Athenian debating arena, where some of the finest minds in the country joust…
Does the national party want your CLP office? Sort of…
I’m sure many of you will have been as surprised as I was this morning to see a…
The new economics
Economic solutions are shifting as quickly as financial markets, because every Western economy is in deficit. What counts…
Democracy falters, in a country near you
All of us sometimes have mixed feelings about the EU but, in one area, even its harshest critics…
Ed Miliband is Labour’s Al Pacino
“Either we heal as a team, or we’re gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play. Until we’re…
