David Vaiani
09/12/09
It appears that the issue of class is rearing its ugly head once again. Labour just can’t leave the wretched subject alone. They refuse to learn the lessons of their shambolic defeat in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election. As Tallyrand famously said of the restored Bourbon kings: “They have learned nothing and forgotten [...]
Why Labour attacks on Tory toffs will backfire
The time has come to ’shut up and put up’
Richard Cressey
08/12/09
Having read this article today, I am once again filled with dislike, albeit personal, biased and subjective dislike, for Hazel Blears. Ms. Blears comments are selfish and damaging to a party she claims to love.…[Continue Reading]
(It’s not all) Doom and Gloom in the Heartlands
Richard Cressey (1/12/09)
Having been out and about campaigning for Labour Party candidates in both Sheffield and Manchester this week, I got a sense of core Labour voters’ attitudes to both the party and the current state of politics…[Continue reading]
Labour’s Uphill Struggle
Richard Cressey (17/11/09)
Labour’s victory in Glasgow North-East last week was a symbolic, if expected, triumph in a constituency among the most deprived in the country. For all the talk of a ‘negative’ campaign, a 7,000 majority is clearly a ringing endorsement of Labour’s record. However, elections are not won on past achievements, which is why [...]
When the interviewee becomes the interviewer: Lib Dem Lorely Burt
Haider Ali (16/11/09)
Within the political realms of reality, one must establish between various and differing degrees of politician. You have your “opportunists”, who will at any cost step over and trod down vicarious friends turned into foes (Foraying into the Gordon Brown and Tony Blair debacle prior to the introduction of Peter Mandleson), then you [...]
