Wednesday News Review
Please no return to the bad old days Several hundred people gathered near interfaces close to the Newtownards Road. There were reports that three shots had been fired and a photographer had been shot...
View ArticleMandelson: the great returner
by Dave Talbot Moments after the close of the first debate of the general election, Lib Dem officials were breathlessly rushing around the Granada studios in Manchester. They were hailing their...
View ArticleEconomic rebalancing: Labour must be “more interesting”
by Jonathan Todd The Labour front bench might not welcome advice from retirees, no matter how dignified. But they’ve got some. “Be a little bit more interesting”, said Peter Mandelson, in response to a...
View ArticleNew source documents attached to Mandelson new ebook
On Monday the world will be told (by publishers, Harper Collins) about the ebook version of Peter Mandelson’s The Third Man, which includes copies of original letters and minutes, audio commentary and...
View ArticleThese days the attack dogs are too nice. Where’s the modern Peter Mandelson?
by Dan Hodges Michael Dugher is not the new Peter Mandelson. We know this because last week Dugher told us so. He didn’t just come out and issue a bald statement to that effect, obviously. That would...
View ArticleThe party machines might not know it yet but political parties are dying
by Peter Watt Political parties are strange constructs where by necessity a coalition of views is encapsulated under one brand. So you have the campaign group and Progress all sharing the Labour...
View ArticleWhat has changed on the deficit since general election 2010?
by Jonathan Todd This is the first of a series of pieces from Uncut on what has changed in respect of key political issues since the last general election. Looking over this timescale, we hope to...
View ArticleYvette Cooper should teach the world to code
by Jonathan Todd James Forsyth recently branded the last Labour leadership election – the one that dragged through a summer, as this one will; the one that allowed the Tories to determine the terms of...
View ArticleActivist or MP, it’s time to take a stand
by Jonathan Todd “Criminals were victims of the capitalist system. The police were agents of repression. Riots were popular uprisings against capitalist injustice.” These, according to Peter...
View ArticleThe Brexit calamity is at the heart of Corbyn’s inadequacies
by Jonathan Todd Peter Mandelson and Will Straw, unsurprisingly, questioned the focus given to the EU referendum by Jeremy Corbyn on Laura Kuenssberg’s Brexit documentary. Given Brexit’s slender...
View ArticleThe inspiration of Tessa Jowell
by Jonathan Todd In an era of robotic politicians, Tessa Jowell is a magnetic presence. The cause of unprecedented scenes of applause in the Lords. The catalyst to improved cancer services. Her...
View ArticleJack Lesgrin’s week: Reflections on the elections and social meania
By Jack Lesgrin Three election reflections One: a full list of candidates is available in…this interview In the interests of all underdogs and Count Binface, electoral law should be changed so that...
View ArticleJack Lesgrin’s week: Labour’s big beasts on manoeuvres
by Jack Lesgrin Even Labourites could support paying former PMs for this… Last week Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, independently of one another, entered the fray. Labour supporters normally condemn...
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