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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Political Scrapbook has unearthed a 2000 Times op-ed in which Michael Gove, then a columnist at the newspaper, slams the newly ennobled Lord Ashcroft as a "comdeian" who puts the "enitre Tory electoral…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Here is the full text of today's speech by the Prime Minister on reforming politics: Lisa - let me thank you for your introduction, and also for the amazing work that you and Carrie have undertaken at the IPPR…
By Pamela Nash Devolution of power from Westminster has proved to be one of the greatest achievements of our Labour Government. Scotland has power to rule over the issues closest to the people, Northern Ireland has peace and Wales…well…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 2009 has been a relentlessly challenging - though consistently exciting - year for me running LabourList. This time last year, we hadn't yet launched. I had just returned from the US, and was working with…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 For me, the most powerful passage from Michael Merrick's brilliant, frank assessment of Labour's recent relationship with the poor last week was the part that said: "The Labour Party has embraced an ideology…
By Michael Merrick Now that the temporary euphoria surrounding the 'rogue-poll' has ceded, Labour must have the courage to continue asking itself the uncomfortable questions; why are people deserting us? And what can we do to get them back?…
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB The EU's appointments of the Belgian prime minister Herman van Rompuy (what comical names these foreigners do have!) as permanent Chairman ("President") of the European Council, and (subject to the approval of the…
By Dan Whittle Tonight's performance on Question Time will no doubt show again that the BNP is a party willing to continue to soften its image, to conceal its racism, to do anything to appeal to a broader section of the electorate. Part of…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 At tonight's Compass Summer Lecture, Jon Cruddas has called on Labour to renew around the four key tenets of equality, community, sustainability and democracy. Expanding on his four key pillars during a forty…
By Tim Nicholls/ @tim_nicholls Among the papers last week was a piece on the Daily Mail website by Tom Utley, which called for more rationality and less emotion in the public debate over the NHS. And for once, with the Daily Mail, this was…
