Get your act together and your ducks in a row
As psephological indicators go, the Any Questions audience is not entirely reliable. All through the 1980s audience members…
Election
I need your help to beat my local Tory MP
Like so many people where I live in Peterborough, I’m struggling with the cost of heating the home.…
If you believe Russell Brand, I’m naïve and furthering my own oppression
In a few days’ time I’ll have the opportunity to exercise my right to vote in the United…
How can we crack down on discrimination at election time?
This week the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Electoral Conduct, of which I was a senior member, published its…
Dear Labour’s new election team…
Dear Douglas, Spencer, Michael and Iain, It took long enough (too long) after Tom’s departure to get a…
Votes at 16 can help address the widening gap between people and politics
When 16- and 17-year-olds were given the vote for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, it created a cast-iron…
Two more candidates selected in target seats
Another week, another round of Labour selections. One PPC selected this weekend, Will Straw, is already making headlines,…
Labour can’t be a “One Nation” party if we’re letting the Tories take seats uncontested
Labour’s messaging about One Nation is compelling, and is a prism through which Ed Miliband can argue that…
5 key things to take away from Labour’s target seat list (and election strategy)
Earlier this afternoon I revealed the 106 “battleground seats” Labour will be focussing on ahead of 2015. But…
The Tories are gearing up for the 2015 election – is Labour ready?
The Tories are going for the jugular and are planning a relentless assault on Ed Miliband in the…
