Cause for Optimism
Monday, June 15th, 2009About this time last year I wrote that I had been to one of the most positive Labour-related events for a long time, the annual Compass Robin Cook Memorial Lecture.
If last year’s event was a good one this year’s was inspirational. 900 people came together to debate the need to return to a clear and [...]
Constitutional Confusion
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Well, we’re off. With the next big idea that is, constitutional reform. But already confusion and a lack of clarity is threatening to blight the whole idea.
It is not the policy of this blog to spend hours muttering about the leadership. But everyone should be aware of ’spin’ at the moment. If there was a [...]
Sadness
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009I’ve given up trying to work out just what is going on in the asylum (let alone speculating on who’s running it).
Today’s events are sad on a couple of accounts.
I’m sad to see Tom Watson leave government. There should be a place for him. Steering ITC policy was a good thing for Tom to do. [...]
Brown’s Plans Lack a Sense of Reality
Monday, June 1st, 2009Thankfully Gordon Brown has ended his period of silence with two major media appearances, on the Andrew Mar Show and on the Today Programme (here the interview here).
There is something in his idea for a National Council for Democratic Renewal but somehow this seems to me to not be deliverable within his chosen time period.
And [...]
