Readers will be aware we were hacked on Thursday and it’s taken us a little effort to recover the site.
Thanks for bearing with us.
Alex
June 28th, 2010
Labourhome dehacked (for the moment)
June 10th, 2010
New Statesman Leadership Hustings
Pics
To be frank, I wasn’t expecting to be enlightened by the leadership hustings last night in Westminster.
I started from the position of leaning towards David Miliband on the grounds that he looks like a Prime Minister and he’s smart. I had nothing against Ed Miliband; I just don’t believe the hype, and I saw Ed [...]
June 2nd, 2010
How do we make the party work better?
Constitutional amendments
There’s a deadline of 30th July for CLPs to submit constitutional changes for decision at conference. It’s clear that there’s a lot wrong with the way we run our party, with very little faith in the way we select our candidates, and elect our internal position, let alone in how we make policy. What [...]
May 21st, 2010
Clegg and Cameron back anonymity for rapists
Buried in the coalition document released yesterday is the commitment to protect the anonymity of men accused of rape.
Our approach to rape in Britain is a rare open admission that we’re still a deeply misogynist society. Conviction rates are low and reporting rates are abysmal. But more insidious; for every false report of rape getting [...]
May 20th, 2010
Abbott to stand: MPs must put her on the ballot paper
Hackney MP Diane Abbott has announced on the Today Programme that she is to stand for the Leadership of the Labour Party. MPs must now do their duty and ensure she gets on the ballot paper by giving her the necessary nominations.
Duty’s not an easy thing; it probably means John McDonnell withdrawing from the race [...]
May 19th, 2010
Cable to privatise Royal Mail: Sometimes I wish I wasn’t right
Back in February I wrote a piece in PR Week exploring what would be the Tories’ best strategy in the event they won the election. I wrote;
“Cameron has to consider what is the most left-wing agenda he is prepared to follow. For example, he could press forward with Post Office part-privatisation, accelerate the city academies [...]
May 19th, 2010
Will a woman please step forward
Over the years our party has made enormous efforts to change the way women are perceived in Britain. We have truly changed attitudes in workplaces, boardrooms and on television.
But I find it incredible that there is not one female member of the PLP who will stand for the leadership of the party, not even to [...]
May 18th, 2010
NEC opts for long hot summer
According to an email distributed by Acting Leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, the NEC has opted for a long leadership campaign, with ballots closing on 22nd September.
Harriet said:
“Labour’s National Executive Committee has agreed on a timetable for the Leadership campaign and I wanted members and supporters to be the first to know.
Between [...]
May 13th, 2010
Kaschke vs Osler update
Full ruling from Justice Eady here…
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2010/1075.html
May 13th, 2010
Eady strikes out claim against Dave Osler
Twitter informs me that Johanna Kaschke’s claim against Labour Blogger Dave Osler has been struck out this morning as an abuse of process by Justice Eady.
Well done Dave!
Readers may well be aware that Ms Kaschke has a similar claim against me, running now for two years, on the basis of something written by a Labourhome [...]
