It’s time for a local discussion about what our representatives should do for...
Like many people I feel that I am still recovering from the strangest general election campaign that I have ever been involved in. I helped organise the Birmingham Selly Oak campaign not only in the...
View ArticleFriday News Review
More questions, few answers The parliamentary sleaze watchdog is to investigate claims of phone hacking surrounding David Cameron’s chief spin doctor. MPs agreed yesterday that the powerful Commons...
View ArticleWednesday News Review
Last day of voting Supporters of each of the five candidates for the Labour leadership are making a last-ditch effort to secure votes before polling closes. MPs, MEPs and party members have until 5pm...
View ArticleCoulson’s imminent departure is just the beginning
by Tom Watson Andy Coulson will resign as Downing Street communications director within the next few weeks. When the moment comes, his powerful but embarrassed friends will breathe a sigh of relief....
View ArticleWhy did the police not investigate phone hacking leads?
by Tom Watson I’m not a lawyer but the phone hacking scandal has meant I’ve had to act like one. If you told me a year ago that I would have read Archbold, the criminal lawyer’s bible, inside out, I...
View ArticleYes, MPs work hard. But who for? Themselves.
by Alex Hilton It’s truly challenging to express incandescent rage in the form of dry, political writing but let me have a go. I am stomach-wrenchingly sick of MPs defending the nobility of MPs in the...
View ArticleShow voters you care: talk about their jobs, not yours
by Peter Watt I have developed an annoying habit. You know the way that ex-smokers are annoying, always pontificating in a superior way about the dangers of smoking, the nasty smell and the cost? Well...
View ArticleWe have to be better than this
Uncut didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Jo Cox. We know lots of other Labour MPs, some among the 2015 intake, many personal friends. As soon as Thursday’s terrible news emerged, our thoughts turned...
View ArticleMomentum’s loyalty test is the first step on the road to mandatory reselection
by Atul Hatwal Who hasn’t been asked to sign a personal loyalty test by a workplace clique? C’mon. It happens to everyone, right? You get the e-mail about upholding the values of the company, building...
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