The Labour Leadership contest is reaching the final furlong, with ballot-papers being dispatched next week: but aren’t the candidates missing something?

The goal is to create a society where work is central to life and the difference in how much you earn working and could earn on welfare is irrelevant.

Thank god for Diane Abbott, and perhaps even more so, for David Miliband. Were it not for these two sterling defenders of human rights, liberty and diversity, women and ethnic minorities would be unrepresented in …

Last week saw 73 civilians killed and 35 wounded as well as the deaths of 4 members of the Jamaican security services and over 500 persons arrested. What sparked the bloodshed in Kingston and what are local security forces doing to keep the violence under control?

With a hung parliament and the first Coalition government in post-war history, are we witnessing the start of a dramatic demise of the Conservative and Labour parties as we know them?

A coalition between the Old and New factions of the Labour Party need not compromise the politics of either but could give rise to a new Labour party, with the hope and excitement of 1997 strengthened by the realism of today.

Robert Kennedy once pointed out, “everyone likes the word progressive but no one likes the word change.” So what is ‘progressive’ politics?

(c) Sarah Evans
I had been chasing John McDonnell for an interview ever since he announced his candidacy. When I finally spoke with him, late last Thursday evening, he had just arrived at his constituency …

Although the boycott is a small incident – by Italian standards – it again raises the question of why, or how, does Berlusconi continue to maintain such a strong support in Italy

The Liberal Democrats have achieved such a prestigious position in government that they are highly unlikely to give it up. But despite being a part of active governance, the Liberal Democrats risk their own credibility. Unless clear Liberal Democrat proposals result in consequent policies, any other such legislation will look like a Conservative , or Cameron blessed, policy.

A Lib-Con coalition was not only the right choice for the politically expedient and economically minded – it was the right choice for the public, full stop.

Imagine entering a whirlwind romance with a man or woman who sweeps you off your feet, exchange rings, vows and holy matrimony, only to be told by relatives and life long friends at the reception …