Straight talking? Honestly? That’s politics.
When Chair of the NEC Andy Kerr (union puppet rather than puppet master) rose to shout at Labour’s National Policy Forum that they had no right to elect a new…
Not in accord with the rules…
In 1995 the Labour Party changed its rules to end the direct sponsorship of a Member of Parliament by a trade union in the wake of the financial scandals surrounding…
A proper thorn in the side
Since the general election I have not had much time to get involved in wider politics or the Labour Party (I’m too busy being retired) but I thought I’d break…
Ringing the neck of a duck
So here we are on the Azores, on the main island São Miguel (obviously to the people who live on the other eight islands of this well spread archipelago that may…
The Clash of left and right
Darling you got to let me knowShould I stay or should I go?If you say that you are mineI’ll be here ’til the end of time… Normally when I come…
When the music has to stop
It’s 4.30pm on Friday 3 March 2017. I no longer work for the Labour Party. Almost unbelievably, I have retired. I cannot thank my friends and colleagues – and even…