‘Our regional theatres are engines of growth. Labour should help them thrive’
Growing up in Norfolk, where my mother ran the local arts centre in King’s Lynn, I saw the…
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As Cameron attacks young people, Labour must stand up for them
Cameron’s much-trailed speech earlier this week floated the idea of removing housing benefit from people under 25, in…
David Lammy explains why he is Out 4 Marriage
Lord Boris (and other things that never happened)
Tom Copley’s London Eye As far as possible I intend to keep this column London-focussed. It is, after…
Labour’s hands aren’t clean on Libor
The bad debts and toxic products of our banks have already scarred the early years of this century…
The LIBORs we tell ourselves
The LIBOR scandal is being commented on as the scandal that will break the camel’s back. The one…
Why Labour should back a democratic second chamber
My constituents are struggling badly as the deflationary effects of George Osborne’s austerity Budgets and 2010 Comprehensive Spending…
Lords reform? Get serious
A myth is being formed that the three main political parties in the UK were in agreement over…
Ed Miliband’s speech to Unite conference
I want to thank Len McCluskey and Tony Woodhouse for your invitation to be here. Away from the…
Sometimes the home fixtures are the hardest
As I may have mentioned (once or twice), I’m a Sunderland fan. During my nearly twenty years of…
What planet are they on?
According to Paul Waugh, Tory HQ described Chloe Smith’s Newsnight horrorshow in their media brief as: “Verdict: Slight…
