Labour’s EU vision in 5 points
I was at an event in Brussels this week where there was much discussion about Labour trying to find 5 points it could put on a pledge card during the…
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Online networking: we can shine the light on their malevolence, but we cannot be them
It has been an interesting week. My posts about Labour’s MEP selections, and the panel member in the East Midlands, Nicki Brooks, who seems to have selected herself, have prompted…
Labour’s MEP lists. I’m angry and disappointed.
So, as reported on LabourList earlier, Labour’s MEP lists are now out, and I am angry and disappointed by the outcome. The full list of names, together with one line…
Anne Fairweather is not a Labour MEP candidate for London. What is going on?
I suppose I should have had my suspicious that all would not be right with the selection process for Labour’s new MEP candidates when the initial information about the process…
“We’re standing up for Britain” or “We’re all in this together” – ways to explain the EU budget
A tweet by Emma Burnell pointed me towards this blog post by Tracy Hill about UKIP, and the threat they pose to Labour. You can read the whole blog post…
If you’re British and care about UK-EU relations, then you’re either in a state of permanent delusion or permanent depression
Two grandees of UK politics were at it again today. Peter Mandelson, while at least acknowledging an in-out referendum for the UK, was nevertheless pompous and deluded in the FT:…
Labour might win, but British politics will not
At one level all looks fine for Labour and Ed Miliband as the party kicks off conference in Manchester this week. The party is 10 points ahead in the polls,…
The counterfactual
A month ago I announced publicly that I no longer had any intention of putting my name forward for the European Parliament election list for Labour. I made the right…
