Tonight: Time to Take Back Our Politics
Thursday, November 26th, 2009I shall be speaking at Sutton Coldfield tonight on Election Reform.
The meeting is organised by Sutton Coldfield Labour Party who have invited the Lib Dems to take part. Moreover, this is a public meeting and you don’t have to be a member of either party.
All are welcome!
Holly Trinity RC Church
69 Lichfield Road
Sutton Coldfield
Meeting starts at [...]
In Place of Cuts
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Today sees the publication of one of the most important pieces of work by the centre left over recent years.
In Place of Cuts: Tax reform to build a fairer society was produced by George Irvin, Dave Byrne, Richard Murphy, Howard Reed and Sally Ruane and should mark an important milestone in the re-focussing of Labour’s [...]
Chilcot Kicks Off!
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009The Chilcot enquiry kicks off at last amid worries that it will not be a serious piece of investigation but something of a white wash.
I wouldn’t want to comment on this so early on and want to take things at face value …
… but the room being used for the enquiry only has 6 seats [...]
Tory Complacency May Yet Come Back to Haunt Them
Friday, November 20th, 2009I still don’t really know what to make of the Queen’s Speech. It has been described as being quite surreal and in many ways it was certainly bizarre. Why enshrine a legislative commitment to something when you’ve missed your own targets? And is the financial world so shaky that it needs government to commit itself [...]
Cutting The Deficit is Only Half the Story
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009There’s no doubt that morale in the Labour Party is low and clearly it seems to me, is lower the closer you get to Westminster.
A few weeks ago I was at a small seminar in a Westminster Department. Civil Servants were excited; we were to have a pep talk from a Minister. The Minister duly [...]
General Election — No Gain in Going Short
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009It seems a long time since I’ve written anything half decent here. Lack of inspiration has been the problem and the whole expenses saga has taken its toll. But now the Kelly Report has been produced the General Election campaigns have begun and it seems sensible to take up the reigns again.
So, first up — [...]
