Socialism in one family
Stalin used to talk about socialism in one country, but Labour today seems to have opted for socialism in one family. Ed Milliband’s views are marginally to the left of his brother’s, but that’s not why they chose him. He may, as Neil Kinnock seems to be saying, have a more common touch than his brother, but that’s not it either. He is leader because he was not an MP when we went to war in Iraq.
The last of the baby boomer PMs
There have only been two baby boomer Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. With the election of David Miliband or Ed Miliband as Labour’s new leader today, we know that there will never be another. All three Party leaders are now far too young to be baby boomers.
A tale of two right wing newspapers
Here's a cationary tale about what we used to call serious newspapers.
The Pope should look at the beam in his own eye
So the Pope worries about "aggressive secularism" and "atheist extremism", does he?
The first day of the TUC
The media is all Bob Crow, because television wants him. Television wants him because he says the things television wants to hear. He says strike. He doesn't say why.