Gordon Brown memoir: We won the battle to escape recession but we lost the war to build something better
This is an extract from the introduction to Gordon Brown’s memoir, My Life, Our Times, which is published…
Politics
Laura Smith: Politics isn’t geared up for people like me – but by being in parliament I can make a difference
The most common questions I am asked is how do you do this job with young children? How…
Jon Trickett: Building a new politics: Why I’m editing LabourList this week
There was a time after the second world war when government saw its central role as creating a…
Alison McGovern: We may have a Brexit hangover but now is the time to listen to Labour’s local leaders
Politics and government are different activities and while the corridors of power are buzzing with the former, the…
This evil crime stole the life of a brilliant MP and was an attack on our democracy
MPs are all in it for themselves, goes the claim. Politicians don’t understand the lives of ordinary people,…
Ed M: My relationship with David is healing
Ed Miliband has spoken about the “rapproachment” between him and older brother David since Labour’s election defeat in…
Don’t be a “robot”, speak your mind, Jess Phillips tells MPs
Politicians must reject the “easiest option” of turning into “line-driven robots”, Jess Phillips has said. The straight-talking Labour MP has…
Is politics changing?
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things…
If politicians can’t enact the policies people actually want, the system is broken
This week, Class released a new poll on the theme of fairness and inequality, which will nicely coincide…
Knocking on doors only gets us so far without something to offer people when the doors open
According to the liveblog on this site, yesterday’s by-election in Heywood & Middleton featured not only a second-place…
