Monthly Archives: May 2012

Mark Ferguson at LabourList hits the nail on the head… the Labour Party is addicted to fixing. And as Mark writes, this very much isn’t just a London problem! In my own CLP as I have written on here before, … Continue reading →

The best sort of Leaders are those who have the confidence and ability to delegate power. Whereas weaker leaders will surround themselves with cliques and try to grasp power to their chests as if it had been vested solely in … Continue reading →

Bluey would be bursting at the seams with pride…    

An excerpt from Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Foreign Affairs and International Development which is well worth a read. As I said in an intervention on the Foreign Secretary, the Iranian Government remain committed to, and a signatory of, the NPT. … Continue reading →

Is it really 30 years? Where the bloody hell did that go to? This week’s ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ featured Dexy’s Midnight Runners and the programme closed with Dexy’s playing Come on Eileen, a song released in that fantastic summer … Continue reading →

Over a week since the electorate of Birmingham kicked the idea of an elected City Mayor in to touch, but some people are still grieving. Take this bloke on Birmingham’s pro-Mayor website, The Chamberlain Files: Since then, however, I’ve been … Continue reading →

Man dressed as penguin gets more votes than Liberal Democrats  

As one of the commenters added… I’d welcome him to The Hague!