Month: November 2013

First, let’s get a few things straight. The Co-op Bank is not the Co-op Group, and is not the Co-op Party, a separate political party which sponsors MPs, among other things. Problems for one does not necessarily mean disaster for all three. And there are two further stories currently being bandied around, both fallacies. And… Continue reading The real reason why the Co-op saga is bad news for Labour

Yesterday published my tenth piece for the Independent, on how Len McCluskey’s current manoeuvres could now have reverberations on the whole union movement for years to come.

Now, I have never been a fan of Gordon Brown’s decision to leave the “Golden Rule” behind and stop balancing the books over the economic cycle. He borrowed more than he should have, with the result that Britain was rather caught with its trousers around its ankles when the global financial crisis came. But it… Continue reading Livingstone: still there, still up to his old tricks

I provide only the information: On Sunday Politics with Andrew Neil, McCluskey denies (8:07) Unite legal chief, Howard Beckett, said in an email that his Communications team should prepare “nasty stuff” on Labour figures here. “That’s not true!” exclaims a hurt-sounding McCluskey. It is all a dastardly plot by the Tories and the Tory media. “What emails?”… Continue reading So Len, just run this by me again, I’m confused…