News Another Tory defects to UKIP Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London between 2008 and 2012, has announced that he has left the Conservative… 30th September, 2014, 9:39 am
News Hours before Tory conference starts – ANOTHER Tory MP defects to UKIP First Douglas Carswell quit the Tories to join UKIP. Now Mark Reckless has acted like his name and… 27th September, 2014, 3:14 pm
News Abolish PCCs, say LabourList readers The report into child sexual abuse in Rotherham released last week – which found that over 1,400 children… 5th September, 2014, 8:04 am
Comment A summer win for Labour – as the Tories bickered amongst themselves Looking back on the summer just gone, the contrast between the Labour and Tory campaign these past few… Douglas Alexander 3rd September, 2014, 10:31 am
Comment Clacton polling: What does it say for Labour? The date for the by-election in Clacton was confirmed this morning as Thursday, October 9th – not only… Conor Pope 2nd September, 2014, 5:58 pm
Comment Chris Kelly standing down is as significant as Douglas Carswell defecting Defections from one political party to another don’t happen very often, and they make great political theatre, so… Luke Akehurst 2nd September, 2014, 8:28 am
News Weekly survey: Crime commissioners, Douglas Carswell and Labour defections The role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) has been in the news lately, with the low turnout… 1st September, 2014, 3:41 pm
Comment Irreconcilable differences and unreasonable behaviour I committed one of those Twitter no-nos last week when the news about Douglas Carswell quitting the Tories… Stefan Stern 1st September, 2014, 8:17 am
News Austin Mitchell rubbishes claims that Labour MPs could join UKIP The idea that any Labour MPs could follow Douglas Carswell’s lead by joining UKIP is merely “wishful thinking”… 29th August, 2014, 3:42 pm
Featured David Cameron only has himself to blame for his problems with UKIP This week’s defection by Douglas Carswell to UKIP was a hammer blow for the Prime Minister’s authority. David Cameron… Michael Dugher 29th August, 2014, 2:42 pm