Turnout will be bad next week, but compulsory voting is not the answer
Turnout for European elections is always low. Since they were first held in 1979, turnout for them has…
Ed Miliband
PMQs Verdict: Tory MPs are leaving Westminster with their tails up. Labour MPs? Less so
Ed Miliband has not had a good week. Polls have moved against him – largely due to the…
Welcome to the Labour Party, Mr Axelrod
Was it only a few weeks ago? The excitement that Thursday evening and Friday morning as David Axelrod’s…
To win UKIP voters, Miliband must articulate a sense of progressive nationalism
Why do working class people vote UKIP? Let’s flip it around for a moment: why do relatively well-off…
Ed Miliband goes for a pint and a game of pool with the Daily Star
Now there’s a sentence you didn’t think you’d hear… Of course it’s by no means the first time…
Miliband announces “GP guarantee” – and confirms plans to integrate health and social care
Speaking this evening in Manchester, Ed Miliband will unveil a new “GP guarantee”, designed to improve services for patients, ease the…
Public back Miliband’s big policies – but they’re not convinced by him
This weekend’s YouGov polling is a mixed bag for Labour and Ed Miliband. The topline polling shows Labour…
It’s time for Labour to set out a plan for rail reform – but how far are we willing to go?
The debate about Labour’s rail policy has never been higher on the agenda as ASLEF’s conference begins in…
What Miliband is doing is welcome and necessary – but it is not yet sufficient
Labour keeps making pretty big, pretty good policy announcements but the polls keep narrowing. What do we do?…
The Party Election Broadcast I’d like to have seen…
I can’t say I’m a big fan of Labour’s new Party Political Broadcast. I don’t believe the message…
