Of course I’m voting Labour. I am an active party member of five years standing. I’ve spent the bulk of my activism this year working in marginal seats (mainly Stafford). And there’s the small matter of 261 posts on this here blog that have obsessed over the party’s twists and turns since back before I […]
Posts Tagged ‘General Election 2015’
Voting Labour is a necessary act in helping our movement get its act together
May 7th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.
The difficult coming weeks
May 6th, 2015 by Andy Newman.On the eve of the general election it seems clear that, discounting any last minute, game-changing surprise, we are headed for a hung parliament. If the polls are right, and they may not be, the Conservatives may be the largest party, and receive more votes than Labour. Both the Conservatives and Labour have fought cautious […]
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The Labour dogs that didn’t bark in the night
May 6th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.This has been an odd election in several respects, not least in the degree to which policy has been largely usurped by extraneous factors – initially vilification of Miliband (which the Tories mishandled and were forced to drop), then demonisation of the Scots as though they were some foreign menace (despite pleading with them on […]
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Is Keir Hardie turning in one grave as Jim Murphy digs another?
May 5th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Last weekend, the Scotsman quoted unnamed Labour sources as confirming that Scottish Labour was effectively abandoning most Labour-held seats in Scotland by deciding to name just twelve seats it was trying to “rescue” from the SNP onslaught. The last time Labour did as badly as this in Scotland was 1931 when it won only 7 seats (though […]
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The big downside of this election
May 5th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.Apart from the narrowness in the polling between the two main parties, the other dramatic characteristic of this election is the number of people who are profoundly disgruntled and deep-down angry at the Establishment, in which they include Labour as well as the Tories, and are likely either not to vote at all or to […]
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Russell Brand urges you to vote Labour
May 4th, 2015 by Newsdesk.Part two of the Brand – Miliband interview is now out (you can see part one here). Complete with a previously un-released part of the previous interview (though it must be said that Ed struggles to get a word in through much of it), it includes an appeal by Brand for everyone to vote Labour – […]
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Deliberately engineered ignorance on the economy undermines Britain’s democracy
May 4th, 2015 by Bryan Gould.As with most elections, the Clinton dictum that “it’s the economy, stupid,” has held good in the general election of 2015 – with special emphasis this time on “stupid”. The debate about who has done or will do best in managing the economy has been even more confused and irrational than usual this time. It […]
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Ed and the pledge stone
May 3rd, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.When you didn’t think the election could get weirder, it takes an even more bizarre turn – and it’s the red team that are at the centre of it. In case you’ve been doing something positive with your Sunday, such as knocking on doors, the media blizzard surrounding Labour’s latest stunt may have passed you […]
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The new sectarian politics of Scotland and the demise of working class unity
Apr 30th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Yesterday, canvasing the streets of Stevenston in North Ayrshire, a former Labour voter told me that the only way forward was for Scottish Labour and the SNP to merge. He meant it not as advice but as explanation of why he could not vote Labour. Some are hostile to Labour, others just confused. And even many of those […]
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What the SNP says versus what the SNP does
Apr 30th, 2015 by Manuel Cortes.Last week, when I spoke at the STUC Congress against the SNP putting both Scotrail and the Caledonian Sleeper in the hands of privateers, I said that actions speak far louder than words. Let’s face it, the SNP hardly misses an opportunity to argue that the public sector should play a key role in delivering […]
