Comment ‘Why Labour must oppose the Three-Vodafone merger’ A merger between Vodafone UK and Three UK was announced in June. If the deal goes ahead, Vodafone… John Spellar 17th October, 2023, 3:14 pm
Comment From healthcare to immigration, Britain isn’t working under the Tories Before Margaret Thatcher’s election victory in 1979, the Tories produced a devastating poster, which read: “LABOUR ISN’T WORKING.”… John Spellar 18th April, 2022, 5:09 pm
Comment Oppose PR? Then let’s hear your positive case for first-past-the-post Whilst we don’t find John Spellar’s latest broadside against proportional representation (PR) convincing, we welcome his engagement with… Joe Sousek & Caroline Osborne 17th August, 2021, 9:00 am
Comment Proportional representation? Bad tactics, bad strategy and bad for Britain Australian Labor PM Paul Keating used to say that good policy is good politics. Since UK Labour’s battering… John Spellar 6th August, 2021, 2:31 pm
Comment Constitutional reform is not sexy, but it’s key to building a progressive agenda John Spellar MP recently wrote a piece for LabourList complaining about “constitution-mongering”. It began with the claim that… Jake Richards & George Peretz 18th February, 2021, 3:51 pm
Comment Deliver, don’t dither. Labour must drop its obsession with constitutional issues The pandemic has turned the world upside down in the ways we work and live, and many of… John Spellar 11th February, 2021, 2:50 pm
News Labour calls for “rapid review” into 10pm hospitality curfew Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has called on the government to carry out a “rapid review” into the effectiveness of… Andrew Kersley 28th September, 2020, 8:46 pm
Comment Covid must be handled with effective risk management, not erratic risk avoidance COBRA met this week for the first time in about four months. What took so long? This isn’t… John Spellar 23rd September, 2020, 3:10 pm
Comment Predatory venture capitalists took over our care homes. This profiteering cannot continue The shockingly high levels of deaths in our care homes appears to be one of the biggest scandals… John Spellar 22nd May, 2020, 4:28 pm
Comment John Spellar: City short-termism cons the taxpayer and is bad for British business Carillion’s collapse shows the need for strong regulators to prevent unsustainable businesses from leeching off taxpayer, writes John… John Spellar 31st January, 2018, 4:05 pm