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Labour needs a pre-election agreement with the Lib Dems – but not a coalition 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Most LabourList readers presumably hope, like me, for an overall parliamentary majority for Labour at the next election. But to achieve that after such a heavy defeat in 2010 would be almost unpreced...
Lynton Crosby’s business partner says Australian broadcaster giving Tom Watson “a giant blow job” 27 Aug 2013 | 01:16 pm
As Michael Gove plans to read out the latest missive from the Lynton Crosby playbook today, over in Australia his business partner Mark Textor is showing another side of their campaigning style – by a...
The value of debate 26 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
I hope you will forgive me for what will – inevitably – be a rather self-indulgent post. I am coming to the end of my second stint guest editing LabourList and have never been more convinced of the v...
Labour seek recall of Parliament over Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 11:56 am
Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander has called for a recall of Parliament if the UK is considering military options against Syria. Mr Alexander said: “In light of on-going internatio...
The paradox of coalition 25 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Want to know what the silliest thing in modern politics is? Preparing for coalition by identifying what you’d be prepared to give up to get into government after not winning a General Election, when ...
Which way does Compass point? 25 Aug 2013 | 01:51 pm
For a few short years, it seemed that Compass, the peculiar hybrid think tank/pressure group, would be the coalition of Labour left-wingers that would finally gain enough traction to drag the party aw...
If Ed wants to be PM, he’ll keep Byrne where he is 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
As August draws to a close speculation surrounding Ed Miliband’s reshuffle is reaching fever pitch – or at least it is in some parts of the blogosphere and a couple of half empty corridors in Westmins...
Silly season and the north/south divide 24 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
Throughout the quiet news month of August, there have been plenty of north/south divide stories. Each of these has caused uproar north of Watford Gap each time a national politician or journalist has ...
Taxes, death and the kindness of Strangers 24 Aug 2013 | 01:34 pm
As Benjamin Franklin famously remarked, nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. Current political discourse is shaped almost entirely by one of this duo and it isn’t the Grim Reaper. I’ve ...
The case for votes at 16 23 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
For over a hundred years, the Labour movement has been at the forefront of social reform. The very conception of the Labour Party came out of a huge sense of social injustice, the belief among the rea...
