Ed Miliband’s conference speech – the transcript
It is great to be in Labour Manchester. And you know Manchester has special memories for me because…
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Grace’s conference guide – Welcome to Manchester
Apologies for a late column this week (I’m sure none of you noticed, but editor Mark’s frowny emoticons…
Lessons for working people from Latin America
Just before last year’s TUC March for the Alternative, Rob Marchant offered his advice to Ed Miliband on…
Johann Lamont has shown Scottish Labour to be grown-up and long-term
If you tasked me with finding fiscal realism amongst Europe’s centre-left parties, the last place I would have…
The sham of fairer taxes under the Lib Dems
The Lib Dems met at their conference under the banner of ‘fairer tax in tough times’ and the…
“It is here that the human spirit becomes perfect.”
So said Alexis de Tocqueville, about Manchester. And at the end of this month, the Labour Party returns…
NEC Report – September 25th 2012
Leader’s Report Ed Miliband gave us a sneak preview of some of the themes that would appear in…
Britain’s unions can be relevant again, but not by espousing fringe politics
As Peter Watt pointed out at the time of the TUC conference, its influence is declining for a…
We need to have serious debate about what local government is for
A lot has happened since conference 2011. Two of the most significant things are a shift back to…
Is journalism clinging to an outdated way of doing things? Yes, but to be fair, so is politics…
So Guardian journo David Leigh has argued in favour of a £2 per month tax on broadband to…
