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By Brian Barder / @brianlb Tories from the Prime Minister downwards, and (to their shame) some relics of New Labour, lose no opportunity to lambast the Human Rights Act, which the Conservatives (but not the coalition) still threaten to…
Kathryn Perera's History of Labour Women In the history of the Labour movement, there are shining stars and hard grafters. Mary MacArthur (1880-1921) was both. By the time of her premature death, she had organised more than 300,000 women…
By Vincenzo Rampulla / @VMRampulla With poll results coming in showing Labour on 40% and, amongst students, 42% the question has to be whether difficult PMQ episodes like yesterday really matter? Some say yes, some say no. It is no good…
By Kevin Peel / @kevpeel I'm angry. I'm angry that Labour lost the election. I'm angry that we're being blamed for the mess caused by reckless bankers operating in a global economic system. I'm angry that the Tory-led government is using…
The Paul Richards column A Tory in Number 10. Riots in the streets. An economic downturn. And now a royal wedding. For anyone over a certain age there's a Groundhog Day feeling about the last few weeks. The analogy breaks down fairly…
By Toby Perkins MP Following Andy Burnham's sensible announcement that Labour would not campaign in either direction in the AV debate, a number of AV supporters, led by the usually impressive Will Straw on Left Foot Forward have been…
By Ben Maloney One of the most significant initiatives to come out of the leadership campaign was David Miliband's Movement for Change, which Ed has now agreed to take forward. As many people know, the Movement for Change is based on the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Ahead of the debate on housing benefit in parliament tomorrow, Douglas Alexander said: "We are in favour of housing benefit reform but against rushing through changes in a way which risks increased costs…
Diary of a Benefit Scrounger By Sue Marsh I have been a member of the Labour Party since I was 18. I have worked for Labour for as long as I can remember. Cold, rainy days delivering leaflets, weeks lobbying at conference, letters to the…
The Paul Richards column Until the day he died of a broken heart in 1915, Keir Hardie carried a silver pocket watch. On it were the teeth-marks of a favourite pit pony who had tried, unsuccessfully, to eat it. The experience of the pits…
