The importance of remembering Sharpeville
Today, in 1960, 69 South African protestors were shot and killed by the police outside the police station…
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London should be at the centre of the EU
The European Council’s agreement on the EU budget for 2014-2020 has been greeted with relief in Brussels. The…
The real Big Society
In the late 1980s, I took part in Neil Kinnock’s policy review – ‘Meet the Challenge, Make the…
Labour must make the case for patient involvement
Since the formation of the Coalition Government no topic has generated as much heated debate as health and…
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…
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…
