“The missing ingredient is hope,” commented The Observer’s Andrew Rawnsley recently while discussing Labour’s “recipe for power”. He may have a point. At least, there is a perception that hope is not front and centre in our recipe. Why is this and what do we do about it? No more
In a small corner of the Westminster bubble, certain figures on the Right of politics are waging a relentless campaign to ‘slash the tax burden’. Given the voracity of support from a Trussonomics aligned coterie, you could have been forgiven for thinking that there is a great swell of popular
The victory of the Labour Party at the next general election is by no means a ‘fait accompli’ but as it draws closer, and the party rides high in the polls, it is only rational to look ahead. Labour is currently grappling with how to be a progressive party in
There are cracks running through all our communities. Cracks symptomatic of over a decade of Tory rule. In my constituency of Broxtowe where I am standing at the next election, I see how public services are close to breaking. No case is more tragic, or underappreciated than that of school
Labour’s problems with immigration can be traced back to the early days of the European Union’s major expansion into its Eastern and Central neighbours in 2004, allowing in 8 new countries. In reaction, most EU member states triggered transitional controls to stop mostly young, skilled (and unskilled), workers exercising their
If you’ve bumped into a Labour member of the House of Lords recently, they have a somewhat haggard look. The reason is not end-of-term revelry but successive late nights holding the Government to account over its Illegal Migration Bill. Since June, when the House of Lords stayed up until 4.16am
Tony Benn divided politicians into the Signposts and the Weathercocks. The Signpost constantly says: “This is the way we should go” while “the Weathercock hasn’t got an opinion until they’ve looked at the polls, talked to the focus groups, discussed it with the spin doctors.” This grossly caricatures the dilemmas
The organisers of the Glastonbury festival join a lengthening list of conspirators, including the CIA, World Bank, Bilderberg Group, MI5, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Parliamentary Labour Party, and Paul Mason, in preventing the British people from hearing the TRUTH. The ‘truth’ is that Jeremy Corbyn was
The publication of Labour’s ‘Health Mission’ was the first time in a long time that we heard anyone describe their ambition for health and health services in the round. The inexcusable absence of a current and coherent workforce plan, plans for social care, or public health means we have got
The Conservative Party fought three general elections promising to slash immigration to the tens of thousands. Recent net migration statistics show that after thirteen years in government the Conservatives have failed utterly to achieve this. The Office for National Statistics confirmed that net migration for 2022 was a new all-time record
