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 the Labour Party must continue to demonstrate a progressive future for the country. The Conservative Party has been allowed to ghost through crises of the economy, the democratic system and public sector strikes without being pushed to provide a realistic alternative to Labour policies….[Continue reading]

The Sun is the UK’s most popular (by circulation) daily newspaper, reaching over three million people each day. Whatever people think of it as a journalistic institution, it is undoubtedly part of the national makeup and it has been suggested that it can even decide the fate of elections.  What does this mean for the general election? and Labour inparticular? …[Continue Reading]