‘Reopening the Brexit debate would be a mistake’
Britain’s debate about Europe has been trapped between two competing stories. One says Brexit liberated Britain from an…
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Blair warns Labour not to pander to party base, as Miliband responds – Media roundup: April 16th, 2013
Blair warns Labour not to pander to party base – as Miliband responds “Blair has renewed his call…
Leadership is about more than picking a fight with your party, Mr Blair
Last week Tony Blair made a major intervention that was taken – quite rightly – as an attack…
Michael Gove’s curriculum proposals show that he is a truly conservative Education Secretary
The Department for Education’s consultation on proposed changes to the National Curriculum closes today. The outcome of the…
Labour needs to draw a line under Thatcherism – and Blairism
The harder sections of the media and the Conservative Party tried to make everyone like Baroness Thatcher, the…
Labour’s Lib Dem Dilemma: To be Tribal or Tactical?
In the lead up to the 2015 general election Labour will face a dilemma as to what approach…
What else could you spend £10 million on?
Thatcher’s funeral is supposedly going to cost £10million to stage. Given the swingeing and terrible cuts being enacted…
Tories accused of “sleazy politics” over Umunna attack – Media roundup: April 15th, 2013
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Are these Labour’s least transparent (and most open to abuse) selections?
A week ago today, the Labour Party announced its candidates for next year’s European elections. Although the process…
The problems with Britain’s energy market go far deeper than the cold snap
In one of the coldest and longest winters in memory, it’s little surprise that energy bills have rarely…
The Thatcher-introduced settlement is now under pressure as never before
I was elected to Leeds City Council during the miners’ strike, perhaps the defining domestic event in her…
