Mission impossible

The corpse of New Labour cannot be resuscitated “If Reeves and Starmer’s economics had been applied in 1945 the NHS … More

Big business: a force for exploiting workers and ripping off customers

Keir Starmer has said that “business is a force for good in society, providing jobs, prosperity and wealth”. This generalisation … More

“After 13 years of New Labour in government there were actually 655,000 less ‘social’ homes than there were when they … More

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

Reading Owen Jones piece in yesterday’s Guardian I had to check again whether it had really been written by him. … More

Before his recent conference speech Ed Miliband had talked about “going beyond” New Labour, but who could have imagined he … More

Always game for a challenge I visited Labour’s website and saw its ‘New Politics. Fresh ideas’ page. It seems the … More

Miliband Junior, the leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, wants to end elections to the Shadow Cabinet by the Parliamentary … More

The government has announced a ‘pause’ in its NHS plans and a consultation. Whilst this is an indication of the … More

For all the talk, in some quarters, of New Labour leading the opposition to the Tories, yesterday they failed miserably … More