An attempted coup against the members

At the time of writing Angela Eagle has very generously paused her leadership campaign to give Jeremy Corbyn more time … More

Labour should oppose parishes move and demand referendum

Just when I was thinking that’s a good letter from Des Moffatt (“Beware Parish Plan”) he said this: “…I am … More

Goethe famously said “All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the tree of life springs ever green.” Life sometimes throws … More

“Tackling the Housing Crisis”, produced for Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for the Labour leadership stands in stark contrast to New Labour’s … More

Democracy is all well and good but when the ‘wrong’ person is in danger of winning you have to draw … More

At the recent Prime Minister’s Question Time David Cameron goaded interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman on Labour’s attitude to the … More

These are some brief initial observations on the outcome of the General Election. Understanding exactly what happened in the General … More

Yesterday’s lead article on the front page of the Financial Times was positively incendiary (“Osborne faces doubling austerity cuts to … More

According to a report (Anne Black, NEC member) from the Labour Party’s national executive committee on March 19th, Ed Balls … More

Labour’s abstention on the government’s emergency legislation, the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) was a shameful episode even by the … More