Whatever the result on June 8, simply growing the membership is not the answer
I recall in the weeks and months that followed defeat in 2010, Harriet Harman, the Labour party’s interim…
Government
Luciana Berger: People with mental health problems deserve better than “I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue”
One of the roles of an Opposition Member of Parliament is to hold Government ministers to account. We…
“Your struggle is my my struggle” – what Miliband’s Citizens UK speech says about how he might govern
Your fight is my fight Your struggle is my my struggle Your vision is my vision Lets put…
Prepared for power? Boost for Labour in ‘ready for government’ ratings
Voters are increasingly confident in Labour’s ability to govern and Miliband’s readiness for the keys to Number 10.…
What would the first 100 days of a Miliband government look like?
The Times have a fascinating front page today(£) which gives an insight into the early priorities of a…
British politics trundles towards the abyss – what are we doing about it?
The Labour Party’s response to a worsening polling position has been remarkably sanguine. For a long time, there…
Rotherham shows how badly the government of Britain needs to change
‘They viewed these girls as an astronomer would look through a telescope at planets.” That’s how MP Simon…
Government should be joined up and grown up
Civil servants: they’re really rubbish, aren’t they? Always getting in the way, blocking things, dragging their feet, ignoring…
Which departments might Labour axe?
George Eaton – recently announced as the new Political Editor of the New Statesman – has a story…
Don’t look back in anger
“A new dawn has broken, has it not?” These were the words of Tony Blair, shortly after a…
