Labour and the Lords – History Misused
It’s fascinating to see the House of Commons beginning the 2nd reading of the Reform of the House of Lords Bill. Nick Clegg is being attacked by members of his […]
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Clegg, Cameron, And Europe: The Big Kerfuffle
What a kerfuffle, eh? The press do love a bit of a fight. Most journalism is about disagreement, difference and dissent. It creates drama and drives a story. In general, […]
Life Is Short
Last week, I had the sad news of an uncle passing away at the age of 64. And this morning I woke to hear of the death of Philip Gould, […]
A Thousand Generations – Kinnock and I
What a strange day, Dear Reader. As you may have spotted from other posts on here, I work in Parliament. Consequently, most days I have lunch in Parliament as well. […]
A Reshuffle For Fighters And Believers
Ok, as I’ve already written about the most important reshuffle of the day, I thought I’d write a brief comment on Ed Miliband’s reshuffle of the Shadow Cabinet*. If you’ve […]
The Sun Always Shines On The Righteous
A train repleat with croaky voices, rumpled clothes and bleary eyes stood witness to another successful Labour Party annual conference. There’ve been a lot of words written about the conference, […]
Why Christians Should Feel Happy To Vote Labour
Below is reproduced the text of a talk I am delivering. I thought I’d put it up here as a post and hopefully start a few thoughts and maybe a […]
The Hard Choices – Strategy vs Tactics
I’m going to make myself unpopular with this blog post, I fear. Ed Miliband may look a bit silly doing that silly repetitive interview. It may not be the best […]
Lib Dem Leader’s Wife Caught Fiddling With Box
Letterbox, that is. Though it could be said to affect the ballot box too, at the end of the day. There are in every election, those which end with a […]
Vote 2011
My beloved Newcastle is back under Labour control. A lot of friends and colleagues are now newly elected councillors around the country. The country has punished the Liberal Democrats quite […]
