Optimism

The campaign for Andy Burnham’s leadership seems dreary and wet. It’s really, really not.

Never stop trying.

Ed Miliband may well have been the victim of several implicitly anti-Semitic attacks, but when a friend asked whether a North London Jew (a category into which I fall) could ever become Prime Minister, I was taken aback. The insinuation here was that THAT had been what was keeping Miliband out of Downing Street - it clearly had nothing to …

There’s really nothing to be scared of.

It’s an absolute no-brainer

The battle against Islamophobia is a war of the minds. To be silent is to surrender.

Last night’s leaders’ debate showed that the British Left is as disunified as it’s ever likely to be. Only a vote for Labour can help us now.

Applications open now.

In the age of political disillusionment not many of us know who our MP is, let alone who our councillor is.  An enduring image of councils as little more than parking wardens and rubbish collectors percolates the public mindset. We forget that local government means schools, social care, youth services, libraries, jobs… or at least it did, until the current …