Labour wipes slate clean and begins new era
The headlines: Sir Keir Starmer won with 56.2% on the 1st round of voting. Rebecca Long Bailey came second on 27.6% and Lisa Nandy third on 16.2%. Lisa Nandy received more votes amongst Affiliate and Registered members to Rebecca Long Bailey. Angela Rayner won the Deputy Leader race with 52.6% on the 3rd round of […]
Uniting the Left
Recently, former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a speech to audiences ahead of Labour’s 120th birthday celebration. Journalists however, focused on one key aspect of Blair’s speech: How does the party go from being in opposition to being in power once again? More specifically; what role might the Liberal Democrats play in this transition. During […]
The Labour Leadership Election: Three Candidates, Three Criteria, One Winner
For Labour, Jeremy Corbyn and his far-left agenda, the December General Election was the last attempt at power. Instead, as the exit poll predicted, Labour would lose. Hard. With a defeated leader and vacant deputy position following the resignation of Tom Watson, Labour’s party leader and deputy must be replaced. The chosen successor must ensure […]
The Labour Leadership Race
During his four-year stint as Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has led the Labour Party into two general elections, two referendums, one European Parliament election and several sets of local elections. When he emerged as the front runner and stormed into front-bench politics for the first time in his 37-year career, Corbyn was relatively unknown. His low […]
Conference Season – The Liberal Democrats
It’s conference season and first up; the Liberal Democrats. A weekend that was filled with policy debates and cringe fringe events, began with another Conservative defection and ended with a rallying speech, the first for new leader Jo Swinson. After much speculation that another MP was set to join the party, Sam Gyimah became the […]
How a new policy will help young people into housing
Last Thursday, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council voted to pass a new, landmark home ownership policy which will allow young people, under the age of 35, to borrow up to £30,000 interest free for five years to help them on to the housing ladder. As Cabinet Member for Homes and Families for the Council, I […]