The Centre Left has come by the following confidential letter, apparently written in the early hours of this morning following yesterday’s local elections: 10 DOWNING STREET LONDON SW1A 2AA THE PRIME MINISTER 06 May 2011 Dear Nick, Just a quick note: I really wanted to say how sorry I am about the election results. Gutted… Continue reading To my favourite lightning conductor
Month: May 2011
New Labour is dead. New Britain, still worth fighting for
After the weekend’s national outpouring of sentiment, I want to take you back to another, earlier one. Almost exactly fourteen years to the day, on the 2nd May, 1997, a new dawn had broken – had it not? – at the foot of Millbank Tower. It was a day when, no matter in which pew… Continue reading New Labour is dead. New Britain, still worth fighting for
Observations on “A Journey” I: Economics and Gordon
I have now – finally – finished “A Journey”. You can love the man or you can hate him, but if you don’t understand where he’s coming from, you can’t really hope to understand Labour politics of the last 20 years. Over the next couple of weeks I shall do an occasional post on things which… Continue reading Observations on “A Journey” I: Economics and Gordon