The problem with paranoid leadership
Ed doesn’t have it. Gordon Brown probably did. Some of the Parliamentary Labour Party do. It makes the…
Jon Wilson
How Labour should rule: low pay and low skills
How should Labour rule? In this election campaign we’ve got a critique and some policies. Come May 7…
Forget Osborne’s tactics, this budget has nothing to say about growth
How does the budget look from the industrial estates of England? Those forgotten lands of low ugly sheds…
Labour need to stand against the tyranny of big corporate power as well as dictatorial presidents
One of the biggest political issues of the 1680s was how England should trade with Asia. Should our…
Why we need Blue Labour
Opposition is the most intellectually creative time for any political party. But Blue Labour has been the only…
The politics of Win-Lose
Win or lose in May, Ed Miliband will have transformed British politics. Miliband’s best days have come when…
Labour’s NHS plans should reflect real life not vague values
‘The frequency of talk about values is matched by a corresponding vagueness of the concept’ a famous German…
Labour needs a plan, not just moral outrage
Sometimes I wonder at how well Labour is doing despite everything. With growing inequality and despair even among…
Taxing unearned assets: the argument for a mansion tax
The Conservative case against Labour for the next election is clear. Taking advantage of the return to economic…
Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo
In the hours after the murder of 10 journalists and 2 police officers in Paris, my inbox has…
