Tag Archives: Labour Party
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VAT on Private School fees to fund free school lunches for Primary pupils – the devil’s in the detail
Leave a commentMay 20, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The idea, introduced by the Labour Party, of putting VAT on private school fees to fund free school meals for …
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Labour’s manifesto – bold and offering a clear choice about how we want to live
5May 17, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
I have to admit to developing a bit of a crush on Labour’s manifesto. It is bold and it offers …
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Why energy price caps will worsen the energy market for consumers
1May 16, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The energy market is a target for both the mainstream political parties. Both Labour and Conservatives have suggested price caps …
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The unintended consequences of raising corporation tax
Leave a commentMay 15, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Recent research found that in 1979, when Margaret Thatcher took over the country and the economic model changed, the workforce …
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If Jeremy Corbyn moves the Overton Window, it’s good for democracy
Leave a commentMay 14, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Over the next week, the party manifestos are going to be published (or in Labour’s case the second, agreed …
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How Labour’s 97 hamstringing should be a lesson to May
Leave a commentMay 13, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
During the course of this election I have referred a few times to the importance of Theresa May not tying …
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Why the Progressive Pact may need to be fact.
3May 12, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Two days ago I reported details of a tacit ‘reactionary pact’ in which UKIP voters were defecting to the Tories …
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Why Corbyn could stay if Labour lose – part 2
Leave a commentMay 9, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The aftermath of the Labour’s landslide General Election defeat in 1983, on the back of a hard left-wing manifesto that one …
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Why Corbyn could stay if Labour lose – part 1
3May 8, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
The general consensus is that Jeremy Corbyn will resign as Labour Leader on June 9th. Some in the Labour Party …
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Does a political earthquake await in Wales?
Leave a commentApril 30, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
With thanks to Professor Roger Scully from Cardiff University, I have some strange readings from the political Richter scale to report …
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Can the normal political rules survive the ‘Brexit election’?
1April 28, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Within hours of Theresa May’s announcement that she intended to call an election on June 8th, the offices of ‘Open Britain’, …
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How the British election system could come to Labour’s aid.
Leave a commentApril 25, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Predictions for Labour are dire. With no real position on Brexit, and one of the most unpopular mainstream Party leaders …
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Jeremy Corbyn’s morals and principles would make him an unpopular populist
4April 22, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
I met Jeremy Corbyn once. It was at my wife’s Auntie Angela’s 90th birthday party. It was a Sunday in …
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Six reasons why the 2017 General Election is so hard to predict
Leave a commentApril 20, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
So, the vote to overturn the Fixed Term Parliament Act and call a General Election passed with barely a murmur …
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Four plus two reasons why Theresa May wants to hold the election on 8th June
2April 19, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There are many good political and constitutional reasons for Theresa May to have an election right now. She was always …
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Will we actually have the election on June 8th?
2April 18, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
When Theresa May stepped out today (April 18th) to a lectern in Downing Street to announce she would be seeking …
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Why Labour MPs are right to act now
Leave a commentJune 29, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
Last Friday, the day after the EU Referendum, I suggested that now was not the time for the Labour Party …
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Why the new Prime Minister should call a General Election immediately
2June 27, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
If you thought we were done with major political decisions until 2020, you’ve got another think coming. Whoever the Tories …
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EU Referendum – How Damian McBride’s tweet suggests secret support of Labour leadership for Leave
2June 5, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
One of the problems with tweeting on mobile phones is that you can make a slip with a tiny movement …
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EU Referendum – the Labour leadership hate Tories more than they love the EU
Leave a commentJune 1, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
I Labour leadership have been almost silent during the EU referendum campaign This amplifies Tory divisions, which could lead to …
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Jeremy Corbyn and the EU – it’s complicated
Leave a commentApril 19, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
Understanding Jeremy Corbyn’s position on the EU Referendum is at the same time difficult and easy. The truth is that …
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Jeremy Corbyn and Stop the War come as a pair – why that matters
3January 6, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith
Jeremy Corbyn’s relationship with Stop the War is transparent and he should continue it. But the organisation itself must bear …
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The Syria vote must be above party politics
1December 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The first to say about tomorrow’s vote on airstrikes in Syria is that it isn’t, and shouldn’t be, about Politics. …
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A Fist fight at a Labour Party meeting shows just how important the Syria decision is
Leave a commentNovember 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
We must never lose sight of the fact that a decision to go to  war puts many lives on the …
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Cameron parks Conservative tanks on Labour’s vacated lawn
1October 7, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Before I comment on David Cameron’s speech (to read it click here) – I was struck by these three responses: …
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Five thoughts about Jeremy Corbyn’s speech
1September 30, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Tactically, I guess, it should have been expected that Jeremy Corbyn would have wanted to shore up his base before …
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Why new participants in politics need to listen more.
1September 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Speaking this week to the Press Gazette, Ian Hislop, the editor of satirical magazine Private Eye and star of BBC’s …
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Corbyn’s rail re-nationalisation is the right first policy, but the devil will be in the detail.
2September 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Margaret Thatcher didn’t privatise the railways. Her main intellectual guru on privatisation, Nicholas Ridley, didn’t think they should be privatised. …
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The furore over Jeremy Corbyn not singing the National Anthem is illiberal bullying
6September 17, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Is it just me who is concerned about the dangerously illiberal reaction to Jeremy Corbyn not singing the national anthem …
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Trade Union Bill – don’t believe the hype!
3September 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Today Parliament has been debating, and will continue to debate, the Trade Union Bill brought forward by the Conservative Government. …
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Jeremy Corbyn has a clear mandate. Let’s hope he uses it properly.
Leave a commentSeptember 12, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide victory in the Labour leadership election, coming as it did with a 59% majority vote in the …
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Why are the Labour Party excluding people just because they share Old Labour aims and values?
1August 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s a rather strange phenomenon going on in the Labour Party’s vetting process for their leadership election. They are attempting …
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It’s not what was in Jeremy Corbyn’s “Standing to Deliver” plan that matters. It’s where he launched it.
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It has been almost year since a Labour politician stepped up to a microphone in Scotland without trepidation at the …
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The right-wing press don’t fear Labour if Corbyn wins. They just fear Corbyn.
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The most interesting reaction to the ascent of Jeremy Corbyn towards the leadership of the Labour Party has been that …
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Are the right wing press getting Jeremy Corbyn’s PM chances all wrong?
Leave a commentJuly 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
As MPs set off into the sun for their well deserved six week holiday, the Westminster world was set …
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Why the next Labour Leader may just be rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
Leave a commentMay 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
So we are to be denied the opportunity to see a public school educated history professor called Tristram try to …
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Why Labour would gain from explaining why they overspent in Government
Leave a commentMay 18, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
 The candidates for the Labour Party leadership are already organising themselves into two groups on Labour’s economic record when …
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Why Ed Balls is a loss to politics
2May 15, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In amongst the carnage last week was a result that made me sad. Ed Balls lost his seat in Morley …
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EU Referendum and Business uncertainty – Labour have a point
Leave a commentApril 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The Labour party made an interesting, and brave decision on Monday. They opened their election campaign proper, on the day …
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The Labour pledge card is a “no hard choices” list of incrementally more progressive Miss World statements
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
I have a friend who is a lifelong Labour Party supporter. At the next election he is not only intending to …
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Why the SNP must hope that Labour can form a government without them.
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Sometimes, when the Conservatives want to float a particularly controversial idea, but don’t want to have their fingerprints all over …
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Left wing supply side policies – Why and how Labour CAN be socially democratic without money.
Leave a commentFebruary 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
In a wonderful article in Prospect Magazine, the Labour peer Stewart Wood, a key advisor to Ed Miliband, has explained …
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Speed cameras – should Labour be exchanging our safety for a few votes?
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Between 1998 and 2009, during the last a Labour government, the quantity of traffic rose by 15%, but there was …
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Miliband’s plan for high quality apprenticeships makes sense
Leave a commentFebruary 18, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Monday was a great example of the importance of defining what you are talking about. Ed Miliband gave a speech …
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Successfully bashing the Conservatives is not necessarily a successful week for Labour
Leave a commentFebruary 17, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
At first glance, it looks like Labour had a very good week last week. Starting off by pointing out the …
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Ed Miliband and Stanley Fink – allegations without evidence are an abuse of Parliamentary privilege.
2February 12, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
First of all, full disclosure. I know Lord Stanley Fink. I have known him for sixteen years. I know his …
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Labour’s tuition fees discussions are like watching a slow-motion car crash
1February 11, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Sometimes, political parties do things that are actually hard to watch, so utterly amateurish and nonsensical are they. Trying to …
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Why even pointing out the Government’s economic failures hurts Labour
Leave a commentDecember 18, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
On Monday what looked like a rather arcane economics spat broke out between the Conservatives and Labour. Once again, it …
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Will Jim Murphy save the Labour Party’s hopes of being in government next year?
Leave a commentDecember 15, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Stop most people on the street and ask them to name a single leader of the Scottish Labour Party and …
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We need to pass every policy announcement from now on through the ‘Coalition lens’
Leave a commentDecember 7, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Bearing in mind their financial need to get things right, it is interesting to see that there isn’t a single …
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