Lord Ashcroft’s Project Blueprint is pretty much required reading for political types trying to understand the electoral lie of the land at the next election. The latest edition is now available, and it looks at how the Tories can construct … Continued

With the news yesterday that the Guardian and Observer posted an annual loss of £44 million, (or some £76 million before tax) adding to the announced losses of the Independent, (£18 million, pre Tax) and the continued speculation about the losses … Continued

In which I consider if a LibDem-Labour realignment could foil the Tories, and if Labour would want to do that deal, if it meant making David Laws de-facto Deputy Prime Minister in the next Labour government. Over the last couple … Continued

Last night I read Polly Toynbee's latest article on the need for Labour to be brave, bold and honest. In it, she argued that Labour's strategy should involve: "No false promises: be honest that we can only have what we … Continued

If, as I suggested in my last post, the revealing thing about yesterday's PMQs was that it set out what the Conservative message for the next election might be then there have been some interesting suggestions recently about how Labour … Continued

In which I set out why today's PMQs was more revealing than it looked.. Ed Miliband won today's PMQs handily, as I suspect we will see in tonights news bulletins and tomorrow's sketches. Miliband won because he neatly linked the now … Continued

One of the wonders of politics is how the law of unintended consequences plays out. You decide you have an evil you wish to address, you think you can address it through legislation, and it turns out, either you can't, … Continued

I've an article in the latest edition of Progress on why Labour should learn from the failure of the centre left to cope with the economic malaise of the 1920s and 30s, and suggests there are parallel challenges for the … Continued

One of the things I'm most pleased about in the reaction to the LIBOR fixing scandal is the attention that has followed for proposals for a British Industrial Bank, mostly due to Ed Miliband's speech today*, and the publication of … Continued

John Denham has a fascinating article on the New Statesman website today, which is worth taking seriously. In part this is because John is Ed Miliband's PPS, and probably his most significant backer in the Labour leadership campaign. He thus … Continued