It’s not right wing to be on the side of victims of crime
By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand There has rightly already been widespread condemnation of Ken Clarke’s comments about “serious”…
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I will not weep when Thatcher dies – but I won’t celebrate either
By Owen Jones / @owenjones84 Like most other people on the left, Margaret Thatcher is my biggest political…
Has the tide turned in the ‘benefit scroungers’ debate?
Diary of a benefit scrounger By Sue Marsh Something quite interesting happened yesterday. As readers will know, the…
The War in Afghanistan: Mending it not just Ending it
Tonight at 9pm (UK time) David Miliband will give a heavily trailed speech at MIT on the war…
How to explain the government’s economic recklessness
By Asher Dresner The government justifies austerity on the basis that it will help the economy grow. But…
Why I joined the Labour Party
By Alexander Garcia Benjamin Franklin, that little known American politician, polymath and founding father, said ‘lost time is…
Ed’s inbox – March 17th
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he’d read these…
Cracking down on sexual slavery
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 Being from a tiny rural market town, there was a time when I…
The private sector is not evil, so let’s embrace it
By Luke Bozier / @LukeBozier Can you believe there are some people in the Labour Party (and on…
We can’t just leave things to the big society
By Chris Williamson MP Innovative solutions are required if we are to successfully enable those families who are…
