21st century Policy and Rebuttal
What does a 21st century party look like for…Policy and Rebuttal? In the past 20 months, Labour has…
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The private sector always has a place in public services
My taxi driver the other morning, at around 6am on the way to the station, was telling me…
We need a culture of constant policy creation
Mark Ferguson complains that Labour activists are being sent onto the doorstep “naked”. Thankfully, for their health, Mark is referring…
A tale of Two Parties
Editor’s Note: Recently, Labour activist (and LabourList columnist) Emma Burnell, and Lib Dem activist (and blogger) Mark Thompson…
On Progress, the NEC and “dodgy dossiers”
It’s getting dirty. The contest for the constituency places on the national executive committee (NEC) of the Labour…
Abolishing an elected European Parliament is no way forward – a response to Jack Straw
I don’t know what annoys me more – that a high-level Labour politician can have such misguided ideas,…
To be or not to be – that is the only question worth asking
During the recent Scottish Labour leadership contest, a friendly journalist asked me my views on so-called “Devolution Max”…
Police and Crime Commissioners: 7 questions for ‘independent’ candidates
I am concerned that we may be beginning to see the emergence of a stealth Government strategy to…
Securing a legacy for Michael Foot
It’s almost two years since former Labour leader and writer Michael Foot died. It seems relevant to question…
A housing budget in a Pickle
The coalition government has slashed London’s housing budget by 60%, although you wouldn’t know it from the press…
