Martin McCluskey

One week on

Just over a week ago, I started my campaign to be Inverclyde Labour’s next General Election candidate. I really appreciate all the support I’ve received so far. You can see what people have had to say below.

Between now and the selection meeting on June 1st, I’m looking forward to…

Food poverty in Inverclyde on the rise

In the Greenock Telegraph today, I raised the issue of the increasing number of people in…

I’m standing to be Inverclyde’s next Labour MP

This week, I wrote to Inverclyde’s SNP MP and MSP challenging them to a public debate on NHS cuts, following their silence on the closure of the Children’s Ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

Dear Stuart and Ronnie,

The Tyranny of the Tiny

Last week, Elon Musk launched a rocket that could take a man to Mars.

In Defence of Opposition

In politics, opposition matters. The politicians and researchers in opposition parties who can read, research and interrogate Government policies and hold them to account are part of what keeps Government honest and our democracy healthy.

Review: Brown’s book reminds us why we need to organise to deliver our ideas

This review first appeared on Labour List.

In the closing chapters of his new memoir, Gordon Brown writes that “in politics, nostalgia is a self-indulgent exercise”. Unfortunately, for many who will read Brown’s account of…