‘Jack Charlton and Labour’s rural tradition’
As the Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington, I represent communities that helped build both the Labour…
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Self-destructing Boris Johnson doesn’t know how much a tube ticket costs (and gets IQ questions wrong)
Bit of a nightmare appearance on LBC for Boris Johnson this morning – the London Mayor managed to…
Has the Collins Review actually made any progress yet?
Today the Guardian reports that the party might consider delaying changes to the Labour/union link for five years…
Stephanie Cutter to give the first LabourList Christmas Lecture
In British politics there’s a bit of an obsession with the way campaigns are run in the US…
Why on earth has Jeremy Hunt gone to China?
There has been plenty of coverage so far today of David Cameron’s trip to China. Many have questioned…
Straight talking politics beats straight talking money
Last week George Osborne did something many would say politicians rarely do. He admitted his Government got something wrong.…
Labour release new poster mocking Cameron’s energy tax offer
Cameron and Clegg yesterday announced that they’d “cut” energy bills by £50 – largely because the taxpayer will…
“What was that about?” – the David Cameron story
I am not quite myself this morning. In fact, I feel like a new man. I’ve changed. The…
We are where we are
The minute Salmond trailed his White Paper Scotland’s Future: your guide to an independent Scotland as ‘The most comprehensive blueprint…
A much shorter working week would lead to a fairer economy
Too often during the recession there has been a crude assumption that if people could only find more…
How to move the immigration debate on
It’s the longest running play since Mousetrap. Politician X says something on immigration to respond to popular anxieties…
