A new defence doctrine for LabourKeep Trident. End expeditionary warfareIn this essay and video I’ve tried to outline what a radical left Labour government in the UK should do about defence and national security.
Osborne’s fiscal rule. Fail.Somebody in George Osborne’s office briefed the press that there would be a “big announcement that made the headlines” in Budget 2016. I think they meant the tax on sugary drinks, or was it the tax giveaway to Airbnb landlords, or the tax cut for large companies?
Who‘s killing the Labour Party? A forensic profileIn May 2015 I travelled to the marginal seat of Croydon Central, campaigning for Sarah Jones against her Tory opponent. We lost by under 200 votes, but I was sufficiently enthused by the people I campaigned with, and so totally dismayed by…
A Quick Note on Corbyn / Labour’s 27% PollJust a quick, personal-ish political post which sort of acts as a quasi-prelude to an extended article/essay I’m writing which should be up in a few days.
The Corbyn Cameron SymbiosisWhile the centre left Blairite fraction continues to bemoan the existence of a left winger as their nominal leader and the naysayer already speculate on the 2020 election and how bad it will be for Labour, no one seems to have considered that Corbyn is very much a product of the…
Let’s go all the way with reforming Labour conference.The Independent on Sunday reports that Labour is going to move the Leader’s speech to the last day of our annual conference because that will get it fairer (i.e. a lot less) coverage in the evil Murdochite-ZioBeeb-Dacreist media.
Crowdfunding — A new model for Politics?Earlier this week a strange post popped up on my timeline; it was the leader of the opposition party in the UK Parliament Jeremy Corbyn, for whom members of the public had raised money to buy him his dream bike after he revealed in an interview that a…
22 years on, this is what un-triangulation looks like2016 looks set to be a bleak and turbulent year for the Labour Party and, notwithstanding how dramatically changeable British politics has proved to be in recent times, the same can probably be said of the decade or more to come. I only feel moved to write a blog post…
Exclusive: Labour Has ‘Fair Chance’ in 2120Sources at Labour HQ have revealed the party believes it will have a ‘fair to middling’ chance of doing well in the 2120 general election.‘At that point the Tories will have been in power for 110 years’, said one anonymous…
