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By Ben Folley As we approach the general election, the government's foreign policy adventures continue to cost votes, just as they did in 2005. The Chilcot Inquiry and the appearance of not only Tony Blair but potentially Gordon Brown just…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * The PM will miss PMQs today to continue talks to rescue Northern Irish power-sharing. * Tony Blair will campaign for Labour during the election campaign, Peter Mandelson revealed yesterday. * David Cameron's…
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 David Miliband MP Last night I spoke at a fundraiser in support of Jim Fitzpatrick MP, who is fighting the new Poplar and Limehouse seat against George Galloway. Beating George Galloway is a cause in itself, but there is a bigger lesson…
By Paul Blanchard UPDATE: Due to demand, the debate will now take place in the larger Committee Room 10, on the main Committee Corridor. The UK is the only Western democracy that has clerics in its Parliament as of right. With reform of the…
By Andrew Pakes Transport Secretary Lord Adonis officially launched the new Javelin service yesterday, putting in place the next piece of the jigsaw in LabourÂ''s modernisation of the railway. The new service will bring high-speed trains to…
By David Carrington Britain's evolving constitution will mutate again if the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (CRaG), carried over in the Queen's Speech, makes it onto the statute books. CRaG mops up the House of Lords reform by…
By Hadleigh Roberts / @hadleighroberts I have been working for our French colleagues in the Parti Socialiste for 6 months now, and though I don't know what a Jedward is, I have been able to experience 'continental democracy'. The debate…
The Labour movement column in response to Open Left's Which Way's Left? By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Somewhere along the way, right on the cusp of gaining the keys to the British estate, political reform became separated from…
The Labour movement column in response to Open Left's Which Way's Left? By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Somewhere along the way, right on the cusp of gaining the keys to the British estate, political reform became separated from…
By Gary Kent Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams this week addressed the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Swansea where he urged members of parliaments and assemblies in these islands "to join in the historic endeavour to bring about the…
By Sam Wheeler "Manchester has a Harvey Nicholls!" The shock on the face of my Londoner friend was clear. I felt like assuring him that we had running water too, and had finally gotten the hang of this new-fangled electricity. It was the…
