Labour leader said Britain’s “low pay economy” and its dependence on migration must end in a speech to business leaders on November 2022. Keir Starmer said that the UK needs to stop using cheap labour and start paying workers fairly so they can grow their economy....
HM Government has started proposals to use systems thinking to drive better policy making within Government departments. Systems thinking can be used alongside existing project management methods like Agile, and PRINCE2 to help deal with complexity, risk, and...
This article was first published in September of 2014. Labour leader calls for investment in nuclear, renewables and insulating homes to cut use of Russian oil and gas. Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over a “failed energy policy” which is seeing...
This article was originally published in August of 2015. Jeremy Corbyn, on current polling, is on course to win Labour’s leadership campaign. The latest polling has him 32% ahead of his rivals. This is staggering stuff. But something more than just a new wave protest...
This article was originally published in August of 2015. Halfway between Capitol Hill and the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue is the monumental old Post Office building, its tower a Washington landmark. The Postal Service sold it a few years ago to a certain hotel...
This article was originally published in September of 2015 A year ago today, Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom. A year on from this historic day, it seems pretty clear that the genie has been let out of the independence bottle, and we have entered the world...
This article was originally published in September of 2015 According to a book authorised by Lord Ashcroft and written by Isabel Oakeshott, David Cameron may have performed an obscene act on a dead pig’s head while attending a braying toffs-only private members club...
This article was originally published in October of 2015. Credit where credit is due. The Tories are an election winning machine. They have reduced their former coalition partners, the Lib Dems to a parliamentary rump, and they have reduced UKIP to the margins, and...
This article was originally published in May of 2015. The acts of terrorism inflicted on Paris on Friday evening were despicable. It was a barbaric act of terrorism that focused on the soft targets of people having fun, relaxation, and entertainment on a Friday night...
This article was originally published in March of 2022. Deputy leader says she is ‘doing the groundwork now’ to ensure that the party is ready for a female leader ‘At the moment I’m happy with Keir because I get to be the woman in charge,’ Rayner said. Labour’s deputy...
This article was originally published in December of 2015 As we reach the end days of 2015, it is time to overindulge, be merry and share some artery clogging treats with our loved ones. It is also a time to take stock and reflect on what has been a tumultuous and at...
This article was original published in January of 2022. In new analysis of sluggish wages and the national insurance rise, planned for April, Labour said private sector employees would face a “double whammy”, with employers also passing on the cost of their increased...
This article was first published in January of 2022. John Bercow should have been expelled from parliament had he remained an MP, an independent inquiry has found, calling him a “serial bully” and a liar. The former Black Rod Lt Gen David Leakey told the Guardian...
This article was first published in August of 2010. I’ve always been a great fan of Alan Hansen’s football punditry: usually the most inciteful analysis together with a generous dose of Scottish dourness. But of course, his most famous moment was when he got it wrong:...
This article was originally published in August of 2011. When, yesterday evening, I re-read my piece about the causes of the Tottenham riots, it was clear to me that in the space of a few hours, my analysis was already pretty much out of date. As the riots spread to...
Home This article was originally published in April of 2012. It feels a bit like the moment in a horror film when the evil creature who has been lurking in the background creating unseen carnage suddenly exposes itself in its full terrifying goriness to us the...