by Guest

I’d like to thank Sunny, for saying that the campaign for Labour to support an EU referendum is “cool”.

However, on the main crux of his article, that our campaign is “Dead on Arrival”, we would have to, somewhat controversially, disagree.

by Sunny Hundal

I was running my own campaign calling for Labour to offer an EU Referendum before it became cool. But now, given all the renewed focus on this question, a group of Labour folks have set up a Labour for a referendum campaign.

Unfortunately, it is Dead on Arrival.

by Unity

You would normally expect an MP who has only just had their party whip reinstated after a six month suspension to lie low for a while but not Nadine Dorries. She wants an alliance with UKIP.

But thy is Dorries even talking about the possibility of running on a joint Tory/UKIP ticket?

by Chris Dillow

What function do, or should, left-wing parties serve? I ask this old question because of a paper which Jon has drawn my attention to.

Peter Taylor-Gooby points out that, as inequality has risen, attitudes towards the poor and benefit recipients have hardened….

by Sunny Hundal

The Oxford gang of men who abused, raped and exploited young girls were finally convicted today, and the issue of race has raised its head again.

Reading through the details of what the girls were subjected to is enough to make anyone physically sick, and feel angry at how this was allowed to happen for so long. Anger also makes people want to reach for easy answers so they can deal with it.

by Duncan Weldon

The past two weeks have provided some good and some bad news on the UK economy. On the one hand GDP data for Q1 2013 was better than expected.

Whilst on the other GDP per capita figures suggested that the hole we are currently in is much bigger than previously thought.

by Robert Sharp

The Alan Turing Statutory Pardon Bill has been published on the Houses of Parliament website.

Nevertheless, the idea of such a narrow pardon worries me a little. What does it say about others?

by Sian Norris

The Hall case shows more than ever just how vital it is that we continue to name men accused of rape and sexual assault.

Because it is this naming that can give survivors and victims the confidence to come forward. 

by Owen Tudor

Ever since the disaster at the Rana Plaza textile factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, some commentators have been trying to guilt-trip cash-strapped western consumers for the terrible conditions of workers in Bangladesh’s Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector, where wages are as low as £27 a month. We’ve been told that our insatiable desire for cheap clothing is [...]

by Guest

My colleagues and I on Brighton and Hove Council have led this country’s first Green local authority since May 2011, although as a minority administration we can (and do) get over-ruled by Labour and the Tories when they choose to work together.

This is why we’re consulting on a proposal that will bring in fair pay and allowances for all who work for the council.

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