Housing, AI and insourcing among issues to be debated at conference
Topics for debate at this year’s Labour Party conference include housing, AI and insourcing following the results of…
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Ed is right, it might not be fashionable but Labour must stay the course on sustainable energy
The much reported recent falls in the global energy price has brought some good news to hard-pressed UK…
Balls and Blair’s Washington meet-up
Last week Ed Balls paid a visit to Washington to launch a report on Inclusive Prosperity with former…
Farage says a debate is needed on NHS privatisation (again)
At the end of last year, Nigel Farage had to engage in some furious back-peddling after a video…
“Crude and short-termist” – Mandelson’s response to the Mansion Tax
Last night Peter Mandelson, former Labour MP and business secretary, caused quite the stir on Newsnight. In an…
James Blunt isn’t the problem – privilege is
Yesterday an argument between Chris Bryant MP and mealy-mouthed popstar James Blunt bubbled away over at the Guardian.…
Labour asks Government to back FGM proposals
Seema Malhotra, Shadow Minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls, has asked the Government to back plans…
Cameron has overseen “the most significant decline in British influence in Europe for a generation,” says Alexander
Today Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary, is heading to the other side of the Channel to meet with…
Labour should rule out forming a coalition with any other party
A Coalition Government has not exactly been a happy experience for the British public, who voted in the…
Swiftboating 2015
The 2004 US Presidential Election gave rise to a new form of political terminology: ‘Swiftboating’. For those of…
The case for Nuclear “Global Zero”
For much of my lifetime, we have lived under the shadow of the bomb – knowing that nuclear…
