One of the newest fashions in British politics is the tendency to attack someone holding or running for office for ‘their comments regarding’. Regarding women. Regarding immigrants. Regarding the LGBT community. Donald Trump called Mexicans rapists. Owen Smith wanted
I was one of the many Labour activists to weep a little inside when the Copeland by election result was declared in the early hours of Friday morning. A seat we have held since 1935. Although this may be a sign of a wider issue present within the Labour Party
Barely a week has gone by recently without some mention of a Universal Basic Income as an idea worth exploring. The idea has been mentioned by Benoît Hamon who won the French Socialist Party primaries, and John McDonnell has announced a working group to look into
I admit to being a big fan of Tony Blair. As Donald Trump might put it, no one is a bigger fan of Tony Blair than me. I remember being at the Labour Party conference in Brighton in 2001, just a couple of weeks after the 9/11 attacks. The air-exclusion zone in place
Summary: Labour should provide a costed plan, before the upcoming budget, that can reach across parties and be sustained in the long term to ensure the future of service provision and end the crisis of unmet need. Personal care for individuals with critical
Let’s face it: Labour is not going to win the next general election. Whether that election is called in 2020 or before, an opposition this far behind in the opinion polls has a negligible chance of forming the next government – with or without the support of other.
It’s happening. Nicola Sturgeon has announced her plan to hold a 2nd Scottish independence referendum just less than three years after the majority of the people in Scotland voted ‘No’ to independence. If Sturgeon loses, will the referendum be repeated again?
The Conservatives traditional status as the party of business is under threat from a hard Brexit and tax rises on SMEs and the self-employed. Business didn’t want Brexit. Let’s not forget that the overwhelming majority of business leaders in the UK wanted to remain in…