If Miliband wants “power to the people” – he’ll give them the power to recall MPs
This morning the Independent reports that plans to introduce the right of recall for MPs has been shelved…
Coalition
Does the coalition have secret spending plans that they’re hiding from us?
So there’s a press release out from Lib Dem lickspittle Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander. It’s…
The last thing people want is a pre-election deal with Nick Clegg
The playful exchange of tweets this week between Nick Clegg and Ed Balls may have shown a thawing…
Is the deep freeze between Labour and Clegg beginning to thaw?
In the immediate aftermath of the General Election, there was one name that, if mentioned in private, could…
Labour will repeal the bedroom tax, confirms Liam Byrne MP
The bedroom tax is the worst combination of incompetence and cruelty – and Labour will repeal it. Just…
Nick Clegg has survived his most difficult conference yet. That’s good news for Labour
So Nick Clegg has left the stage at Lib Dem conference with the applause, well, not exactly thundering…
The Coalition government are creating a lost generation
As Ed Miliband rightly said at the TUC Conference last week, hard-working people are really feeling the strain…
Sarah Teather: an MP who’s afraid to face the electorate on her record
When I read the news that Sarah Teather is to stand down at the next election over breakfast…
Labour needs a pre-election agreement with the Lib Dems – but not a coalition
Most LabourList readers presumably hope, like me, for an overall parliamentary majority for Labour at the next election. …
The paradox of coalition
Want to know what the silliest thing in modern politics is? Preparing for coalition by identifying what you’d…
