The art of the political apology
There are few things more difficult in politics than apologising without making things worse – and there are…
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These elections are beyond farcical – ANOTHER PCC candidate is forced to step down
First there was the ridiculous case of Bob Ashford, who had Whitehall security clearance, but wasn’t able to…
Labour should back the Lib Dems on 2030 targets for clean power
The Financial Times reports that a coalition row over energy policy has “burst back into the open” as…
Hillsborough Councillor calls for Sir Irvine Patnick to lose his knighthood over “despicable untruth”
After former Tory MP for Sheffield Hallam Irvine Patnick was revealed to be one of the sources of…
Time to take responsibility for our housing need
To have or have not: taking responsibility for tomorrow’s affordable homes today launched this week is a call to…
A Labour Party for the whole union
Over the summer, the Olympics have prompted a few people to ask: why Team GB, and not Team…
Talk of a General Strike? It’s the act of a movement all at sea
In 1919, the Triple Alliance of miners’, railway workers’ and transport workers’ trade unions, fashioned before the outbreak…
Are we set for a quiet conference this year? (And why “more votes at conference” isn’t the answer)
In a sense every Labour conference these days is a bit of a quiet conference, as there’s little…
Hillsborough: Jack Straw blames Thatcher government for creating “culture of impunity” in the police
On the Today Programme this morning, Straw said: “The Thatcher government, because they needed the police to be…
State of the Party survey results – No to a Lib-Lab pact
Labour activists don’t want to see the party talking to the Lib Dems about working together post-election. That’s the…
Getting out of the Westminster bubble
‘First do no harm’, the much-misquoted principle underpinning the Hippocratic Oath, should equally apply to politicians but in…
