What should we hope for from the NPF? That a bold, radical manifesto remains on the table
Today nearly two hundred delegates arrive at a conference centre/hotel on the edge of Milton Keynes to begin Labour’s…
National Policy Forum
Where Labour now stands on rail – and what the NPF must decide
Nick Robinson reported earlier this evening that “Labour will soon unveil a promise to change the law to…
Only by reuniting track and trains can Labour bring ticket prices down
When deciding Labour’s approach to running our railways, I hope the party leadership don’t talk down our railway’s…
Why the National Policy Forum matters
Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) meets this weekend. Zzzzzzzzzzzz … I hear the reaction from all but the…
Think tank says UK is “falling out step with the rest of the world” by rejecting public ownership
Today, the think tank the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) has released a paper that says by…
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…
Could Labour make a rail announcement this week? And where does that leave the NPF?
The Guardian reports this morning that the Labour Party will this week announce plans to allow state owned…
LabourList readers want greater say in policy, but don’t know how to get involved
LabourList readers think party members should be given a greater say in what policies are presented to the…
If you want change, be a part of it
Another miserably cold GC meeting on a Monday night in the late 90’s, the secretary reads out some…
Whose policy is it anyway?
It has been with a certain detached sense of irony that I have listened to a succession of…
