Tom Griffin (London, OK): We are all progressives now, suggests Steve Richards today in an Independent column which interrogates the meaning of this increasingly popular political label:
There is no
Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution is set for an excursion south of the border, The Scotsman reports:
Sir Kenneth, who chairs the commission, said yesterday
Tom Griffin (London, OK): The long awaited inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes is set to open at the Oval in South London on 22 September.
The
Can the study of supposedly peripheral regions provide insights that are not visible from the centre?
Arthur Aughey finds a fresh perspective on Britain's past in Christopher Harvey&
Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Scottish Labour Party will have a new leader by this weekend. The Scotsman suggests that Wendy Alexander's successor could quickly find themselves at
Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Wall Street Journal suggested last week that Barack Obama was the 'Anti-Thatcher'.
In the Independent today, Steve Richards offers deeper reasons why that
Tom Griffin (London, OK):In the wake of Charles Clarke's attack on Gordon Brown last week, the weekend commentary evinced a widespread view that the Labour party is
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Only days after the Scottish Government announced its plans for a local income tax, it seems another confontation with Westminster is looming. The Sunday Herald brings
Tom Griffin (London, OK): For decades, the moderate nationalist SDLP has been the Northern Ireland party most associated with the principle of power-sharing. So it was a significant development when
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Charles Clarke may not have won much overt support for his attack on Gordon Brown this week, but his thesis that the future of the Labour
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Over at the Independent's Open House blog, Steve Richards argues that unless they can spell out an alternative agenda, Charles Clarke and those who
Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Scottish Government revealed its legislative programme for the next year today. The centre-piece was Alex Salmond's announcement of "abolition of the oppressive
