Budget 2026: What MPs, union leaders and think tanks want to see from Healey
John Healey is just one day away from delivering his first Budget as Chancellor, facing competing challenges and…
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Standardisation – a testing question
A-levels, GCSEs, GCEs, Highers, Standard Grades, 11-plus, and SATs. Comprehensives, key stages and grammars. Sixth form, primary, secondary…
A very different demo
I’ve been on many demonstrations over the years – in support of miners, teachers, nurses, but never before…
Local democracy is limp – Labour should take a lead on decentralisation
Despite Labour gains in council elections last week, the low turnout and the rejection of elected mayors should…
Something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is…
Tom Watson has inspired me – to quote Bob Dylan. In his 1965 album track “Ballad of a…
A ray of hope in turbulent times
At last some good news from across the Channel. Hollande’s historic victory is good for France, good for…
Quote of the Day: Lord Ken
Ken Livingstone responds to the suggestion that he might enter the Lords: “Oh God, no, spare me that.…
The left’s tale of two cities
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,…
Election Scorecard 2012
As last year I’m following up my pre-election piece on what might constitute success (http://labourlist.org/2012/04/may-elections-ready-reckoner/) with a look…
A major boost for Labour – a crumb of comfort for the Tories
So Boris is back in City Hall for four more years. I’m already reading about different scenarios that…
France: Second thoughts on the second round
It is less than 24 hours since François Hollande won the presidential election and I can see the…
