It's been a while since I have posted here; there's been an election, which Labour lost and now Labour are having a Leadership election. It fascinates and disappoints me that we are still debating the

Over 6 months ago, I decided to see how true the proposition that Creative Industries are foreign exchange earners for the economy as claimed by British Music and the Shadow Culture team. I asked my MP

I wrote this on my blog on Xmas day it would seem. So much Brexit/Lexit shite in my time line and I have to cook a Xmas lunch and begin my submission to #LewishamDemocracy review. But I have to react …

I have written a longish blog article consisting of a rule by rule analysis of the changes made to the Labour Party’s CLP rules by its Democracy Review and at Conference 2018. I write about General

There are three books which have changed my thinking about economics over the last few years. I originally questioned whether these books are revolutionary but they have added to my thinking in very basic

The European Parliament sent the Copyright Directive to the trialogue process, where the views of the commission, the council and the parliament are negotiated; the final words agreed by the parliament

The Guardian, not exactly disinterested, publishes a leader on regulating Apple and its competitors. I would argue, Apple is the example of the 5th Industrial Revolution monopoly and we need to learn how

This time in the European Parliament. They want upload filters and to tax ISSP’s reuse, but you can do something about it. Last week a committee of MEPs voted 15–10, reported here by one of its members,

A couple of days ago, I wrote a piece on the Stability & Growth Pact. Firstly, it is an artefact of the EU; it can be changed. Secondly, currently, the UK is not subject to the enforcement regime.

At my last Union branch meeting, we heard from Gemma Short of the right to strike campaign. As one part of her presentation she mentioned that one of the Unions’ response to the recent Trade Union laws

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle going on about whether Momentum is going to launch a mass purge of the PLP. I doubt they have the organisational skills, however I was interested in just how long members of

I was inspired by an article at fullfacts.org to look at the success or otherwise of British Prime Ministers who become PM during a Parliament compared to those who become so by winning an election. Despite