‘Public water, local power’
The clarion call of the Burnham premiership has been a blistering condemnation of decades in which the state…
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“UKIP are a bunch of middle-aged sexist men.” Labour MEP attacks Godfrey Bloom over ‘slut’ comments
Female Labour figures have attacked UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom over his sexist comments today at Labour Women’s Conference. Yesterday…
Wraparound childcare is the type of help that ordinary families want
When the alarm goes off at 6.45am on Monday, for myself and like most parents across the country,…
It’s times like these that Labour governments were invented for
At his party conference last year, David Cameron declared our country was in a global race. He said…
Getting organised in Brighton
The Labour movement is off to the seaside at this week for the annual Labour Party Conference, this…
We get the politics we deserve – so let’s deserve better
My first ever blog post for this website (or indeed anywhere) was outlining my disgust at the revelations…
How to build garden cities for the 21st century
It is clear that the housing crisis is having a desperate impact on British people’s lives. It is…
Ed Miliband confirms: “We’ll scrap the bedroom tax”
As anticipated by a shift in the party’s rhetoric in recent weeks, Ed Miliband will confirm tomorrow at…
A once in a generation opportunity for London
London faces the most important three years for a generation. Over consecutive elections Londoners will elect their Council,…
Blunkett slams McBride: “Whatever Damian thinks, the world did not revolve around him or his machinations.”
David Blunkett has come out with a furious attack on Damian McBride this morning, after the former Brown…
A Tory/ UKIP pact is emerging
In the 1970s the Conservative Party could still claim a membership of over a million. Two decades before…
