Much of the UK coverage of America’s off-year elections has focused on the results coming from the East Coast. The election of a Democrat Mayor of New York (and a pretty left wing one at that) for the first time since 1993. The re-election of New Jersey Governor, and potential GOP presidential candidate, Chris Christie. […]
Full employment must be at the top of Labour’s 2015 agenda
Jun 4th, 2013 by Tom King.Austerity continues to ruin economies across Europe; the EU’s unemployment rate has hit a record high of 11%, France has been plunged back into recession and Britain has narrowly avoided a similar fate. Even Germany’s economy only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter. Despite the OECD’s recent downgrade of its growth forecast for the UK economy this year and next,Osborne […]
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What’s the welfare state without universalism?
Feb 28th, 2013 by Tom King.A few weeks ago, Jon Cruddas appeared on Newsnight to float a number of policy ideas mostly related to the future of the Welfare State. On the whole there was little to give comfort to the millions of people suffering from brutal Tory austerity – the take home line was “foodbanks are here to stay”. […]
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Trident: Labour cannot stay silent
Nov 1st, 2012 by Tom King.Labour’s policy review, much needed after 13 years in Government and a drubbing in May 2010, was said to have started from a blank page and would review all our commitments across the board. All, it seems, except Trident. There has been some positive movement, the Britain in the World policy document stated there will […]
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‘Openness’ critical for Young Labour to be a cohesive force
Oct 9th, 2012 by Tom King.Recently, Conrad Landin wrote of how some of the boldest and most radical policies passed at Young Labour conference seemed to have disappeared into a policy making abyss. At a time, coming out of a successful conference, when our party has never been so united and when our people are under attack from this vicious Tory […]
