A call to arms
For those who stand outside the austerity consensus, reading Len McCluskey’s column on Tuesday was like coming up…
Ed Balls
The new economics
Economic solutions are shifting as quickly as financial markets, because every Western economy is in deficit. What counts…
Balls slams Osborne, but says Labour must be realistic
Economics by homeopathy
I didn’t see Ed Balls’ speech to the Fabian Society Annual Conference yesterday; I was a work. Well,…
Ed Balls speech to the Fabian Society
Thank you Suresh and Andrew – and to all of you for coming along today and giving…
Jobs must be our priority
These are tough times and they require tough decisions. As I will say at the Fabian Conference tomorrow,…
What the PM considers reasonable political discourse
In an interview with the Telegraph: “he criticised Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, saying that his heckling at…
Balls wants to be back in power before 2015. Good.
Last week I argued that Labour should make a “big, open and comprehensive offer” to Nick Clegg. As…
A pre-Christmas outbreak of cross-party harmony? (Not quite)
What should have been the big day in the spotlight for financial services regulation was rather overshadowed by…
