‘Tom Belger: ‘Labour must keep its pledges to the self-employed – or lose votes’
Have you had problems with parcels lately? More and more are getting lost, damaged or left in broad…
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Is this man the lobbyist of the year?
A strong contender for Lobbyist of the Year must be a 64 year-old businessman, philanthropist and new grandfather,…
Introducing the Labour Campaign for Human Rights
Today I am very pleased to announce the formation of the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. We are…
Enough of the ‘silly season’ – Ed’s up to the task
Having just returned from my summer break(two weeks in the Lake District, especially when coinciding with unusually good…
5 ways Ed Miliband can get back on the front foot – An open letter
Dear Ed, Welcome back – I hope your holiday in France was restful. You’ve had your phone turned…
Andy Burnham is wrong – Labour doesn’t have until Spring to stop treading water
There’s a great deal of interest today in Andy Burnham’s Guardian interview with Decca Aitkenhead. Whilst some have…
A Royal Mail for the Public
“A single purpose company with no shareholders and that is run solely for the benefit of customers”. This…
An Open Letter to Jim Messina
Dear Jim, Welcome to British politics. We’re all a bit surprised that you have signed up to the…
Does Ed Miliband want a politician AND a strategist to run the General Election campaign?
Earlier this week I argued that running a General Election campaign was a job for a professional campaign…
Tory HQ launches bizarre “police state” attack on Labour
We’re fully into silly season now, and the press team over at Tory HQ are evidently getting a…
We can’t all be right and we can’t all be popular. And sometimes it is impossible to be both…
This week, UKIP MP Godfrey Bloom has got himself in a lot of trouble by using the phrase…
