Unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood is not the quickest route to peace
I am a strong supporter of Palestinian statehood. However complex the issues involved, it is a simple matter…
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The 24 Labour MPs who opposed airstrikes against ISIL
The vast majority of Labour MPs (and MPs from across the Commons) voted in favour of airstrikes against…
How many Labour MPs will rebel over Iraq airstrikes?
The debate over airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL is ongoing this afternoon in the Commons. It’s clear that…
At a time of cuts, why are we committed to spending money on Trident?
Whoever wins the election, the next Parliament will be asked to vote on building a new fleet of…
Nuclear chance for Labour
This week in New York the world’s nuclear, and avowedly non-nuclear states will be meeting at the UN one…
13 Labour MPs rebel over welfare cap
Over the weekend it was reported that the Labour leadership faces a rebellion over the welfare cap vote…
We have lost someone irreplaceable in our lives
The Labour Party in the late 1970s and early 1980s to someone like me, coming out of education…
Goodbye Mr Benn – and thanks for the inspiration
The sum of things Benn did, thought, achieved and changed can’t be summed up in a single piece…
Equal marriage – How every Labour MP voted at every stage of the bill
With much jubilation, the 3rd reading of the same-sex marriage bill passed the House of Commons last night,…
Thank you Hugo Chavez
In an enormous, varied and colourful life, Hugo Chavez was a product of poverty in Venezuela, which like…
