Buoyant Brown on top of his game – 8 in the morning, February 3rd
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The Green Paper on Defence spending will be published later today, paving…
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How the left can win the web war
By James Crabtree / @jamescrabtree Such is the life of writing for slow, old magazines. In November I…
“Mutualism is the next stage of New Labour”: The Tessa Jowell interview
Tessa Jowell is the Minister for the Cabinet Office and MP for Dulwich and West Norwood. She met…
Royal exemption from FOI is wrong for the most vital reasons of transparency and legitimacy
By Graham Smith State secrecy is apparently a key principle of the British constitution – so says our…
We, the elite, will have secrecy as our watchword and as few constraints as we can get away with
By Vanessa Moore Political satire has always acted as a form of social conscience, and following in the…
One Member One Vote extended with a vote at conference
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Conference yesterday voted by two to one to give Labour party members the…
Pancakes, anyone?
Paul Richards‘ Conference Notebook Very flat, Brighton. Yesterday was the emptiest I have ever seen conference. You could…
No frills? No thank you
By Gavin Hayes You may have been shocked to read today about High Barnet Council’s plans to adopt…
Deputy Chair St Albans Tories: Main is trying to “sabotage” democratic process
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new civil war amongst Conservatives in St Albans is increasing the likelihood…
How progressive are the Tories really, Mr Reeves?
By Brian Barder Yesterday’s Observer has a longish article by Richard Reeves, the Director of the think-tank Demos,…
