Politics after the Big Machine
Jawarharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of independent India was giving a speech in a bus factory. Nehru’s topic…
Jon Cruddas
Ed Miliband should take the best advice he can get – his own
Ed Miliband has received a lot of stick recently. The criticism has taken many forms. His style, his…
How local government can empower communities
“Labour stands for big reform without big spending” is the opening line in the One Nation policy review…
Reforming the state is the biggest issue in British politics
Anyone who doesn’t live on a peculiarly disconnected desert island would recognise we’re living through a political crisis.…
Labour needs to take a serious look at UKIP’s manifesto
UKIP are in the process of putting together a manifesto that is squarely targeted at disaffected Labour voters.…
Labour members won’t forgive Mayoral candidates who put their ambition before the party
I’ve written a piece for the London Evening Standard today on the London Mayoral race post-Boris, including an…
Labour changes track – and now it can win
Labour has not generated many headlines this week. There haven’t been game-changers. David Cameron wasn’t trounced in Prime…
Shadow Cabinet rankings – who is the runaway winner?
In the past we used to do a monthly “shadow cabinet rankings” to give LabourList readers an opportunity…
Labour can’t have decided a policy on the railways – we’ve not yet debated it
Ahh the railways. After the NHS there are few topics more likely to bring up the blood pressure…
Survey results: Who LabourList readers think should be on the NEC
Who’s on your NEC? With CLP nominations closing, and Dennis Skinner losing his seat in the MP constituency…
