In less than 36 hours after Ed announced his resignation, Chuka Umunna launched his leadership bid. The news, for many on the left, hammers home just how disastrous Thursday’s defeat was. We had woken up on May 7 expecting a Prime Minister to take office in the coming days who genuinely bucked the trend. Miliband, unlike his counterparts, seemed to be in it for the right reasons. In stark contrast to the sinister motives lurking behind the sweaty-Eton-juice of Cameron’s forehead, he offered something honest. He wasn’t airbrushed, he didn’t pretend to support football teams he knew nothing about, and he provided a vision that tried to bring the Labour Party back to its roots. Continue reading
Posted by Barney McCay
Labour must end a culture, not just a recession
Monday 1 April 2013. Remember that day. With drastic changes in nearly every area of Britain’s Welfare State, you can bet your bottom dollar it’ll engulf the history books of the future.
For a start, legal aid has been slashed. So in addition to the pain that losing your job, going through a divorce, or facing the possibility of deportation brings, thousands of Britain’s most underprivileged will now have the added misery of having to come up with the money for legal representation.
