Elected City Mayors are an opportunity for Labour – if the party takes a positive approach
Labour run Liverpool Council voted this week to go straight to the election in May for a directly…
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Is there a thin blue line for the new Police and Crime Commissioners?
The process to select candidates for the new Police Crime Commissioners is underway. The Labour Party NEC will…
David Miliband missed the point
A tiny chink of “real world” broke through my welfare-drenched reality on Thursday. David Miliband was back –…
PMQs verdict – Ed’s best week
In many ways the past 7/8 days have been Ed Miliband’s best as Labour leader, at the very…
Liam Byrne points to a new centre-ground
In his new pamphlet for the think-tank Progress, Liam Byrne argues that Labour’s future electoral success depends on…
The Westminster consensus on Trident is dead
The forthcoming Scottish referendum on independence has thrown up a new angle on the debate over Trident replacement.…
NEC Report – January 24th
Partnership Into Power/Policy Review Report; Peter Hain reported on the extended period of consultation on the reform of…
100 days, 100 percent
It’s just 100 days to the London Mayoral elections. Ken Livingstone’s recent poll surge is good news but…
Labour’s creed is to transform capitalism towards a commonwealth
Discussing 1920s capitalism John Maynard Keynes wrote: “Modern capitalism is absolutely irreligious, without internal union, without much public spirit, often,…
Osborne delivers just ONE TENTH of the growth we were promised
Today’s GDP figures have confirmed that since the 2010 spending review, growth has been a paltry 0.3%, compared…
