Articles tagged Labour Politics:
Keith Vaz And Why He Must Quit the Home Affairs Select Committee For Good
- 5 Sep 2016
On Saturday afternoon, for want of anything better to do, I watched a film called SOFT LAD. It is about a 22 year old lad called David who has an affair with his brother in law, Jules, played by Billy off Coronation Street. David then seeks to break off the relationship when h...
Corbyn 'Fly on the Wall' Illustrates Problem With Seumas Milne's Broadcast Media Strategy
- 1 Jun 2016
Vice News have been given privileged access to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the result is this thirty minute documentary. It’s presented by self-confessed Labour Party member and Corbyn supporter Ben Ferguson. It’s all fairly harmless stuff but ultimately tells us l...
Twelve Questions to Which Jeremy Corbyn Would Answer 'Yes' To & The British People Would Answer 'No' To
- 23 Aug 2015
It seems that most commentators believe Jeremy Corbyn will be announced as the new Labour leader in under three weeks’ time. His views and policies are coming under increasing scrutiny, and a good thing to. Parts of the Labour Party seem to be voting for him on the basis that ...
WATCH: London Labour Mayoral Hustings on LBC
- 14 Aug 2015
Here is the full video of the LBC London Labour Mayoral Hustings with Sadiq Khan, Tessa Jowell, David Lammy and Diane Abbott. They all agreed afterwards it was the best debate they had done. I hadn’t realised it was the final time they were debating each other. If you like...
WATCH: My Interview With Harriet Harman
- 18 May 2015
I interviewed Harriet Harman this evening on LBC for 30 minutes. We covered a lot of ground – why Labour lost, the lessons that can be learned and the current leadership contest.
Who Would be in A Miliband Cabinet After May 7th?
- 6 Apr 2015
Over the next couple of weeks I’m going to look at a few post-election scenarios in terms of possible cabinet line-ups and who might stand in any of the various leadership contests the election result might throw up. I’ve already covered… Who would be in a Cameron Cabinet? Wh...
Keir Starmer Will Be a Good Addition to Labour's Ranks
- 14 Dec 2014
The selection of Keir Starmer as Labour’s candidate to succeed Frank Dobson in Holborn & St Pancras is perhaps the least surprising choice since Caligula chose his horse to be a senator (Or is that the other way around?). He pulled through despite being up against some ve...
Top 100 People on the Left 2012
- 23 Sep 2012
By Iain Dale & Brian Brivati Cometh the Labour Party Conference, cometh the new Guru. Aside from watching continuous reruns of Bill Clinton’s miraculous speech/sermon/lecture nominating Obama, the top two Ed’s in our list (Miliband and Balls) are still searching for the...
Top 100 People on the Left 2010
- 25 Sep 2010
Ed Miliband won the leadership campaign. He has transformed his personal position in the party, altered the political dynamic of the internal party debate and his blessing is now necessary for the shape of the party to come. He largely won the argument on the election and on t...
Top 100 People on the Left 2009
- 25 Sep 2009
1. (+80) PETER MANDELSON First Secretary of State, Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills When he returned to the Cabinet in October 2008 he also returned to the heart of the government, after the reshuffle in June 2...