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Everything is as it should be. Having been dispatched out to the Midlands with my fluorescent yellow press pass, I am happy to report that things are going rather ok. Not amazing. Just ok. A bit like cottage pie…
Read moreBut first I’m going to start with the Conservative Party. With conference in full swing the talk is of the difference between the upbeat mood this year and the funereal atmosphere last year (at least until the moment…
Read moreIt traps people on welfare, hollows out the workforce and costs taxpayers billions. With an ageing population, Britain simply cannot afford to have a shrinking workforce because people are sitting at home on benefits…
Read moreHere we go again. Since the introduction of elected councils by the Local Government Act of 1888, coupled with increasing provision of welfare and participation of Central Government in local affairs, Local Government…
Read moreThose smiles said something important. Animals don’t have votes, but they have millions of people who love and respect them, and those people vote. That respect is why a Labour Government made Britain the first country…
Read moreWith our partners Octopus Energy, we took over the Bierkeller, Liverpool, and covered it in five hundred Octopus plushies. Thanks to everybody who got involved, especially Dawn Butler MP and Angela Rayner MP, who both…
Read moreYou can read the first part here . It is likely that the debate launched by Andy Burnham on the options of what to do about the failure of Brexit, will lead to a majority view that EU membership is in our best interests.…
Read morePolling, conducted by The Messina Group, found that Labour had the highest ceiling of support among voters, with 43 percent either considering or planning to vote for the party. The Conservatives were close behind with…
Read moreA space-time continuum so vast it has lost its article. Not only are you at ‘conference’, but some speakers address the audience as ‘conference’. You are both within it and it is you. Inspiring, exhilarating and…
Read moreLast week, the actor Richard E Grant became the first contestant on The Traitors – a show whose only unbreakable rule is never to let anyone know you're the murderer – to gleefully announce within minutes of being…
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