Angela Rayner selected as PPC for Ashton-under-Lyne
On Saturday, Ashton-under-Lyne’s Constituency Labour Party (CLP) chose their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC). Angela Rayner was selected to…
General Election 2015
Abolish PCCs, say LabourList readers
The report into child sexual abuse in Rotherham released last week – which found that over 1,400 children…
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…
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…
It shouldn’t cost so much to be a candidate
I love the Labour party. I enjoy canvassing, I pay my subs, go to the various fundraising dinners…
16-24 year olds more likely to vote Labour, poll finds
A voting attitudes poll has found that young people, between the ages of 16-24, are more likely to vote…
Irreconcilable differences and unreasonable behaviour
I committed one of those Twitter no-nos last week when the news about Douglas Carswell quitting the Tories…
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…
Farage might be UKIP’s candidate but only Labour has the answers in South Thanet
Now that Nigel Farage has announced he is throwing his hat in the ring, South Thanet is a…
Should Labour offer a referendum on the EU?
The EU question has never been far from earshot in the build up to and subsequent fallout from…
