‘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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Taxes, death and the kindness of Strangers
As Benjamin Franklin famously remarked, nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. Current political discourse is…
The case for votes at 16
For over a hundred years, the Labour movement has been at the forefront of social reform. The very…
The prospect of an alliance with the Greens is an unwelcome one
Following her arrest at the anti-fracking protest in Balcombe, Caroline Lucas won praise for her principled stand. Labour…
Body image is not the stick with which to beat our opponents
Twitter has been aflame this morning with jokes about David Cameron going topless on the beach on holiday.…
As David Cameron wears out another pair of flip flops, Labour has been 100 per cent focused on the big issues
When he’s under pressure at Prime Minister’s Questions, David Cameron famously often goes red. We know he has…
Could Ed be about to announce an EU referendum?
The FT are reporting(£) this morning that Ed is being urged to announce a change of policy on…
Whose policy is it anyway?
It has been with a certain detached sense of irony that I have listened to a succession of…
Britain needs a one nation, publicly owned Royal Mail
It is time for Labour to underline our commitment to a modern 21st century mixed economy. We should promise…
Still Christian, still Socialist – but starting where the voters are
The Christian Socialist Movement is about to change its name. In a postal ballot over the summer, members…
Call a spade a spade and a Socialist a Socialist
I don’t like to begin with a stereotype, but maybe it’s because I’m Northern that I will call…
