I thought I’d said my piece on Ken and would now wait to see if he could muddle his way through to a Labour victory, however unlikely it might seem. However it seems that Ken can’t help himself: he seems doomed to throw the election because of one thing: his own extraordinary lack of self-awareness. Firstly it… Continue reading Livingstone logic
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A trip to Stockholm for London Labour
This week’s revelations about Ken Livingstone’s tax affairs are not shocking. They are not even very surprising. But they are important in another sense: in the direct contradiction they highlight between word and deed. Now, as many readers of Labour Uncut will know, its contributors are not generally renowned as class warriors. But, as a… Continue reading A trip to Stockholm for London Labour
2012: A year to fix the party
As our leaders sit back and take stock during the holidays, they might reflect, not just on the daily parliamentary grind against Cameron and the coalition, but of something else: of the time that opposition affords parties to deal with their own problems and, in dealing with them, help show their fitness to govern. They’re… Continue reading 2012: A year to fix the party