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The debate over whether or not New Labour is history has flared up periodically over the past few years, not least on this site - here, here, here and here (and that's just for starters). Still, despite numerous people proclaiming that New…
St George’s Day seldom goes by without some features editor asking me to compile a list of things that define Englishness. It’s a pointless task. Top of my list of would be a love of Marmite, yet such a choice would immediately rule out…
New Lanark (Lanarkshire) The Robert Owen Museum (Montgomeryshire) The People’s Palace (Glasgow) St Giles’ Cathedral (Edinburgh) The People’s History Museum (Manchester) The International Slavery Museum (Liverpool) Cable Street (London) The…
Keir Hardie was first elected to Parliament in 1895 and was integral to the founding of the Labour Representation Committee (later the Labour Party) in 1900, becoming its first leader in 1906. On April 11th 1914 - exactly one hundred years…
The first thing you noticed arriving in Westminster this morning were the crowds. All around Parliament Square they stretched, from the exit to the tube station, around past monuments to the greats of Parliamentary democracy, around past…
I was saddened to hear of Tony Benn’s death. I only met him once – at Party Conference in 2011 - but I’m pleased that I did, not just for the experience of meeting someone so central to Labour’s history, but also because he was charming and…
The Labour Party in the late 1970s and early 1980s to someone like me, coming out of education and into work and wanting to get involved in left politics, was anything but attractive. The Callaghan Government looked tired, uninspiring and…
Tony Benn recorded this message for Channel 4 to be played following his passing. In it he thanks his family and particularly his wife Caroline.
The sum of things Benn did, thought, achieved and changed can’t be summed up in a single piece of writing, so it's foolish even to try. His uncut diaries were 16 million words. He was a minister, and was a firebrand backbencher. He united…
Tony Benn, who has passed away today aged 88, was a giant of the Labour Party and the wider Labour movement. He was also one of the most quoted and quotable politicians of his time. Here are ten of the best Tony Benn quotes - and you can…
Tony Benn - one of the biggest figures in 20th Century Labour Party politics - has died, aged 88. A statement from his children released this morning said: "We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the NHS staff and carers who…
1) Amy Lame’s hen night... 2) Chris Smith comes out 3) Michael Cashman takes equality to the living room 4) Britain’s “gay mafia” 5) Alan Turing apology 6) Decriminalisation 7) Civil partnerships 8) Gay adoption and fertility rights 9)…
