What on earth has gone wrong with a country where we can’t feed our children?
I spent a snowy day recently back at primary school shadowing a teacher who is responsible for child…
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What the Dickens are the Tories up to on welfare reform?
Christmas is over, unemployment is high and foodbanks look like they will be busy in 2013. The jousting…
There aren’t many working class people like Bob in politics these days
The Coventry and Oxford canals meet at Sutton Stop. Today, the coal-laden barges have given way to pleasure…
Cameron’s “deeply disingenuous” claims on the NHS
You should never allege in writing that a politician has lied. That will get you into trouble. So…
The case for Young Person’s Police Commissioners
What does a 16 year old know about crime and policing – that a 50-something experienced Police Commissioner…
Guns, gangs and grime
As we stood in the boxing club overlooking the sprawling Stonebridge estate, Lefty, a former member of the…
Labour should develop a national mentoring programme
How children go onto do later in life isn’t just a factor of whether they develop crucial basic…
Globalisation and Internationalism
Last week I was delighted to spend the first half of the week in Strasbourg visiting and learning…
Representing “Ill Manors”
As I’m writing this blog post on the train, a muffled woman’s voice is just about audible over…
Let’s reform the House of Lords – but not Nick Clegg’s way
Like most democrats, I strongly favour a wholly elected House of Lords, but the government’s draft Bill for…
