By Paul Goodman The IPPR seems to have waited until Theresa May's immigration announcement was out of the way before launching a series of essays by senior Labour figures on the last government's record on the matter. The Guardian published a story yesterday evening based on the essays, and the key quotes are an indictment […]
Tim Montgomerie Ed Miliband returns to work today after his paternity break. His party is level-pegging in the polls but he hasn't enjoyed any honeymoon since becoming leader. If anything his party is doing slightly worse than before he became leader… despite George Osborne's announcement of spending cuts… despite an average disapproval rating for the […]
by Paul Goodman Bad news day for Labour, with this morning's MP expenses fraud court judgement, and earlier detailed accounts of Harman's mauling at yesterday's Labour Parliamentary Party meeting. A lot's been written about why Woolas has so many Labour backers. He's a long-standing trade union operator with GMB connections. He's part of the big […]
By Paul Goodman Harriet Harman was, until recently, Labour's acting leader. She's just said that the Party won't support Phil Woolas's challenge to this morning's court ruling, which ruled that the Oldham and Saddleworth seat must be re-fought, thus depriving him of his Parliamentary seat. (He has since been suspended from the party.) It is, […]