Cat Smith – Cat About The House
Published: July 22, 2016
Written by Cat Smith
How does one begin to write a political commentary on the past month? My last column for Tribune was submitted days before the EU Referendum, so it would be an …
How does one begin to write a political commentary on the past month? My last column for Tribune was submitted days before the EU Referendum, so it would be an …
The Labour Party’s values of equality, social justice and human rights must be championed at home and internationally. We take pride in our record in office and hold the current …
The State Opening of Parliament and the Queen’s Speech was a spectacle, as ever. There’s the tradition, and then there are those who try and sabotage tradition.
As I approach my first year anniversary serving as Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood, I’m taking this opportunity to reflect on the events of the past 12 months.
The debate around electoral reform is one about democracy and the sort of democracy we wish to see across the United Kingdom.
An issue which is filling my mailbag and email inbox has been about is the changes to women’s retirement ages which are coming in.
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Challenges and tests that confront Labour in 2016
The mistakes of Iraq and Libya must not be repeated again, argues Cat Smith
Tories seek to reverse our hard-won advances
It will be tough but a better world really is possible
Out of step Conservatives want to frack on regardless
We must oppose these callous Conservative cuts
In Lancashire, it is likely that the county council will make a decision on the planning applications to frack. At the time of writing, I do not know the outcome, …
Cat Smith explains why she is backing Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership
Cat Smith bucked the downward trend to win for Labour on May 7. Here she analyses how this was achieved
A million voters missing – don’t play into Tory hands
Focus on May 7 and a vision for a better Britain
Much process but little peace in justice struggle
All hard work and low pay in the austerity-hit UK
It was close, closer than people would have predicted several months ago, but with 55 per cent of the vote Scotland chose to remain in the United Kingdom with more …
We need more than baby steps towards equal value
Once again, it falls to Labour to save our NHS