‘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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Chuka can be the man to save the Royal Mail – if he dares to
The fate of the Royal Mail is at stake. We may not receive as many letters as we…
Labour’s lead with YouGov has disappeared for the first time in 18 months
After a recent ICM had Labour and the Tories tied over the summer, the party’s consistent lead in…
You can’t trust a word Nick Clegg says
Normally, the Liberal Democrats sit in Westminster, on the benches alongside David Cameron, to endorse his failing policies. …
Nick Clegg has survived his most difficult conference yet. That’s good news for Labour
So Nick Clegg has left the stage at Lib Dem conference with the applause, well, not exactly thundering…
“It’s not about you Nick!” Labour MPs lambast the Lib Dem leader’s speech
Labour MPs were roundly unimpressed by Nick Clegg’s speech at Liberal Democrat Conference this afternoon. Shadow Health Minister…
Time for Labour to take hold of the free schools debate
You would think that free school meals would be a natural policy for Labour. Yet here we are,…
Ban the niqab? Or are we missing the point?
One day a Judge asked me, as I was leaving court, what I thought about women wearing face…
Patrick “Paddy” Hennessy is Labour’s new Deputy Director of Communications
The Labour Party have announced – just in time for party conference – that Patrick “Paddy” Hennessy will…
Pro-Europeans have prowled in the corridors of power. Now Labour needs an EU referendum
Amid a summer of discontent within that most fractious of entities, the British Labour Party, a question of…
Labour Party boots controversial firm Carillion out of party conference over blacklisting
Last year I wrote about the almost Victorian working conditions overseen by outsourcing company Carillion in Swindon. As…
