Jon Cruddas

Don't crown Cameron just yet. There's one way Labour could still trip him up | Jonathan Freedland

Brown's political obituary is written. The new PM waits in the wings. But – don't laugh – some see cracks in that crystal ball Don't laugh, but it's possible that the Tories won't win the next general election. Sounds silly, I...

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Labour’s leadership hopefuls go for second best

Nov 17 2009 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail WELSH Labour leadership candidates are urging party members to give them their “second preference” votes if they can’t bring themselves to give them top ranking. Under Labour’s voting...

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Row As Labour Candidate Calls Queen 'Vermin'

4:53pm UK, Monday November 16, 2009 Damien Pearse, Sky News Online A row has erupted after a Labour Party candidate called the Queen a "parasite" and likened her to "vermin". Not amused: Peter White's comments have been slated...

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Defiant Nick Griffin rallies BNP at conference despite new wave of problems

It has, on the face of it, been a dire few weeks for the British National Party, which holds its annual conference in a “facility” near Wigan this weekend — to thwart protesters the venue was still secret yesterday.

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Brown details tighter immigration rules

Hospital consultants from outside Europe will no longer be able to take up jobs in the UK, under a tightening of immigration rules being announced by Gordon Brown today to cut numbers of migrant workers.

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The jabbing finger

The other day, as I was making my breakfast, I turned on GMTV. Usually I don’t register breakfast telly all that much – at that time in the morning, my brain can just about process Hi-5 or Elmo’s World – but this time I was...

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Time for a windfall tax on bonuses | Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford

We need to transform the banking sector by reasserting democracy and bringing the business elite to account The Christmas bonus pay-out by the City is forecast to rise to £6bn. This excessive reward for market failure is...

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“The Blairites are back”, says Anne McElvoy

Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index Is ‘President Blair’ a shoo-in? It’s worth noting that Mr Palmer is NOT interested enough in the EU presidency campaign to read a “long” article about it. Leading foreign policy...

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Labour must do more for white working class

Gordon Brown said housing was 'one of the great causes of our time' but no radical measures have been implemented since he took charge, says Peter Hetherington Calling into a northern watering hole over the weekend, a world...

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The BBC was right on BNP, Stuart Weir

OurKingdom on Nick Griffin and the BBC: What is the BBC's game? Anthony Barnett > The BBC and the BNP, Anthony Barnett > After Nick Griffin and Question Time, Gerry Hassan > Get over it, better to flush out the whole affair,...

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