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 [...]
Blunkett is Right About Police Accountability
Thursday, July 16th, 2009David Blunkett still has his uses!
In a poorly reported initiative yesterday Blunkett was commenting on the idea that Police Authorities should be directly elected. This is something that all of us should be very worried about.
The notion of directly elected Police Authorities is something that New Labour zealots have been fascinated by for a while. [...]
Employment: Moving Beyond the Supply Side
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Work readiness is fine and helping to get people the qualifications to work is clearly right. But this is not enough. Whether in government or in opposition Labour now has to really begin to think about its demand-side policies.
Tory Policies — What?
Friday, May 1st, 2009After all of this heavy stuff it is time for some light relief. And where better to start that the Policy section of the Tory website. It’s worth looking at. After all, it’s not just funny — it might just be more important than that.
There’s a nasty recession on and I’m worrying about jobs. So [...]
Practical Support for the Unemployed
Sunday, February 8th, 2009Today’s Observer newspaper has a font page report on the difficulties faced by the governments welfare to work programme. “Key Labour Employment Plan Close to Collapse”.
This government’s faith in the private sector is either touching or mad depending on your point of view. According to the Observer key private sector partners are arguing for more [...]
Compass West MIdlands
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009The new branch of Compass for the West Midlands is formally being launched this Saturday, 31st January, with a conference ‘After the Crash: Life in the 21st Century’. Speaker include Lynne Jones MP, debt campaigner Anne Pettifor (Advocacy International) and Andy Howell for Compass West Midlands.
The event will run from 11.00 am (10.30 arrival) [...]
Using Delicious
Thursday, October 9th, 2008There’s so much to read and watch at the moment! I’ve decided to feed in some of my reading from the net, using Delicious. Every couple of days or so the blog will automatically post details of the latest pieces that I have tagged for inclusion here. If you can’t wait that long (or are [...]
Prospects, Prospects?
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008It’s difficult to really know what to make about the events of recent days. I did say that we would know where Brown lay at the end of September. I guess that he will now fight through to lead us into the next election.
But what of the reshuffle? Well, I’ll not say anything about [...]
The Lib Dems — The New Right!
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008It must be horrible being a traditional Lib Dem this week, watching their party lurch to the right. Some of us know how this feels!
Why oh why do they have to be the only party embracing tax cuts? Positioning is the answer. Over the last five years there have been a number of Tory Lib [...]
Friends of the Earth — Taking on The Car
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Friends of the Earth are one group that have certainly got the hang of using blogs, and bloggers, to get their message across.
Into my inbox today has come a mailing about their autumn CO2 campaign and I would like to comment it, to all of you!
