It was not good week for the bean counters. António Guterres is neither East European, nor female, but the newly designated ninth UN Secretary General is indisputably the best person …
The thing is, doctor, I don’t seem to be able to concentrate properly. My memory is shot. I haven’t got a grip on reality any more. There’s all these thing …
Even some Tory MPs are chafing at the new regime’s dictatorial approach. In office but not in power’ is a memorable political phrase that might be bandied about by …
Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue Cinema on top of your self-employed £16 an hour …
This weekend I am speaking at the Labour Assembly Against Austerity conference in London on why Corbynomics works. It is abundantly clear that the austerity agenda the Government has pursued …
Sporting a new haircut and a more confident style, Jeremy Corbyn came back to Batley for the by-election that nobody ever wanted. It was his second visit. The first took …
Of course, by now it’s almost purely about embarrassment, which just serves to make the whole thing even more embarrassing. It was embarrassing enough that David Cameron’s reckless short-termism in …
The Tories are tearing themselves apart over hard and soft Brexit, HS2 and Theresa May’s incompetent reshuffle. Labour are beating each other up over alleged anti-Semitism, alleged entryism and Jeremy …
School’s out There are more signs that Mrs May’s honeymoon period amongst her conference-weary rank and file is waning. Paul Goodman of the conservativehome website blogged: “Not everything is changed, …
WHEN Theresa May sent her attorney general to court last week to stop Parliament deciding on Brexit, she stepped on a legal trip wire laid forty years ago in New …
I can’t even remember the day the letter arrived. Certainly no one bothered to wait at home for the mail. Least of all me. I had a valley to conquer …
Power. That was the fundamental gulf between this autumn’s Labour and Conservative conferences. Power. The Tories flaunted power in Birmingham while the hard truth is Labour displayed little or none …
After more than five decades of violent conflict in Colombia, finally peace was in sight. Four years in the making, a new deal that was brokered between the government and …
Monster’s ball Theresa May appears to have recognised that the Black and White Ball, the ultra-lavish annual Tory fund-raiser where table places go for up to £1,500 a head, may …
The exclusively Protestant Orange Order needs to decide if it can become a vehicle for the rebirth of Christian socialism in Ireland, or take advantage of the growing cross-border relations …
Lewis Carroll would have had a field day had he been alive to attend the Tory and Labour conferences. In Liverpool, for all the earlier talk of a fight for …
The NHS is struggling to reconcile burgeoning health demands with the need to limit spending. It does not have the money to fund care for all those who need it …
The Tories gather in Birmingham following a Labour Party conference which opened with what we hope is not an annual event – a Labour leadership election result – and was …
When it comes to equality the Labour Party has been pioneering. We are the Party of the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act and the Race Relations Act. It …
Keith Waterhouse once suggested that anyone who felt his (sic) faith in the Labour Party waning should make sure that they attended conference as they would most assuredly be inspired, …
As Westminster business resumes, don’t expect a change of direction from the new Prime Minister and her Government. All three party conferences – Liberal Democrat, Labour and Tory – …
The United Nations this week has its annual ‘General Debate’ where world leaders congregate to exchange platitudes across the floor and meet each other on the sidelines. Diplomacy is like …
New Labour is in its death throes and is experiencing severe convulsions as its former dominance over the Labour Party is being comprehensively expunged. This is manifesting itself with increasingly …
