Friday, 23 March 2018

Irrespective of whether the BBC intended to frame Jeremy Corbyn as a “Russian Stooge”, the risks of that perception should have been apparent and intercepted.

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Carole Cadwalladr and Channel 4’s exposure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal reminded me of the legendary Washington Post editor, Ben Bra...
Monday, 5 March 2018

Bonkers Brexit update: Theresa May's absence of a cogent alternative makes a hard border in Northern Ireland increasingly inevitable

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Theresa May’s much awaited Brexit speech on Friday, failed yet again, to propose any workable alternatives to a hard border in Northern Ir...
Monday, 26 February 2018

My thoughts are with you Rob Delaney. And your family. And your beloved son, Henry.

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Earlier this month US actor, devoted Dad & lovely man, Rob Delaney, announced the death of his beloved 2 & a half year old son, He...
Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Want equal pay girls? Forget the vulgar militancy of the suffragettes & ask nicely

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If I never hear the word “suffragette” again, it’ll be too soon. Last week’s media fest was tiresome. Fortunately, this week it’s business...
Friday, 12 January 2018

Stripped of his ministerial mantle, sacked health minister Philip Dunne must now face his constituents

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Sacked health minister, Philip Dunne, is my MP. His callous comments, suggesting that patients in A&E should be grateful for chairs (bed...
Wednesday, 3 January 2018

Tory Britain saw record numbers of children waking up homeless & malnourished this Christmas

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Having an ignominious stand-off with my child, outside the local food bank, wasn’t quite how I envisaged Christmas Eve. It had been brewing...
Monday, 4 December 2017

The island of Ireland wants to move on from the past - if Brexiteers will let it

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My article on Brexit V's Peace in Northern Ireland was published in today's New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Tory MPs with a conscience should break the whip & vote to halt Universal Credit

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This was published in today's New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2017/10/mps-must-vote-against-morally-and-e...
Friday, 13 October 2017

The Tories are lying about Brexit. It'll end in tears

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On Wednesday, Liz Truss told Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics that she had changed her mind on Brexit. She voted to remain, she said, bas...
Friday, 8 September 2017

Racism is in the Tory party's DNA but targeting Diane Abbott backfired big time

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You can read this article which was published in today's New Statesman below: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2017/0...
Friday, 21 July 2017

I went to Grenfell Tower. What happened there is a national disgrace

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The acrid stench infused the air. The landscape, adorned with messages and memorials, struggled to reconcile the veneration of dignified gr...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Momentum was the force behind the Corbyn surge

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So proud to have been part of the Momentum /Labour team that saw the party come from a polling of 24% at the start of the General Election ...
Tuesday, 6 June 2017

A Call for Labour on June 8th

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We're within touching distance of a Labour victory on June 8th. Jeremy Corbyn and his team have produced the most visionary manifesto i...