Coaker: Taking on Farage’s cheap populism is key to this referendum
On Tuesday, I was in Belfast to debate with Nigel Farage. An audience of over 200 hundred mainly…
Vernon Coaker
Labour could support action against ISIS in Syria – but Jeremy Corbyn won’t
Labour are “ready to work with the Government” to formulate a plan to defeat ISIS, according to Shadow…
Cooper announces campaign chairs
Yvette Cooper has revealed which MPs will chair her campaign. She’s decided to divide the task between Vernon…
Will Labour commit to spending 2% of GDP on defence?
Labour activists don’t knock doors on a Saturday morning to argue for more money for bombs. No party…
Labour call on Cameron to attend nuclear weapons conference
Douglas Alexander, Shadow Foreign Secretary, and Vernon Coaker, Shadow Defence Secretary, have written an open letter calling on…
“I know we will remember them all” – Miliband’s Remembrance Sunday statement
Today is Remembrance Sunday – the anniversary to pay tribute to the end of WWI. And 2014 also…
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 has an ambitious and realistic vision for UK defence
UK Defence policy is at a crossroads: UK Service Personnel will have withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end…
Our Armed Forces – standing up for today’s and remembering yesterday’s
This weekend, Ed Miliband and I are in Afghanistan visiting the Armed Forces in Camp Bastion. The British…
Shadow Defence Secretary heads to Gibraltar after “provocative and dangerous” Spanish manoeuvres
A delegation of Labour Shadow Ministers – led by Shadow Defence Secretary Vernon Coaker – are on their…
