Durham Miners’ Gala – view of the platform I’ll let you into a guilty secret: I’m a sucker for brass bands. As a Yorkshireman who grew up about thirty miles from Durham, and a Labour activist with half my family from South Wales, I am still stirred by the solidarity thing. I probably have as… Continue reading Soothing factional politics within Labour: 9/10. Connecting with the public: 2/10