Niall Quinn
February 20th, 2012I first saw Niall Quinn from the terraces at Highbury. He’s still a giant in everything he does. He has put so much into the Club over the last six years. He always said he wouldn’t put so much in [...]
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Anne Frank
Last week I spoke at the annual fundraising lunch of the Anne Frank Trust – a remarkable organisation that fights against prejudice and intolerance in modern Britain by using the vivid story of Anne Frank whose young life was snuffed [...]
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An exit strategy is not a political strategy and that is what’s lacking
February 15th, 2012I am sorry to harp on about Afghanistan, but there are still 10,000 British troops there, and they need and deserve a proper strategy behind which to deliver their extraordinary efforts. I have just read the below piece from Ahmed [...]
Statement on today’s Youth Unemployment figures
February 15th, 2012Today the ONS announced that youth unemployment has risen by 0.3% to 22.2%. David Miliband statement: “Today’s rise in youth unemployment strengthens the case for action on this tragic issue. We now know that the cost of current levels of [...]
Don’t let the age of austerity be the age of inaction on climate and resources
February 13th, 2012UPDATE: You can read David’s LabourList blog on the issue here: The Tories aren’t even pretending to greenwash any more. This article originally appeared in the Financial Times There is not much good news when it comes to managing the [...]
Afghanistan: The Dangers of Happy Talk
February 10th, 2012One of the good innovations by the new government in foreign affairs is the quarterly report to Parliament on Afghanistan. It is a pity, therefore, that as far as I know there was no advance notice of the latest one, [...]
Youth Unemployment – a £28 billion timebomb
February 6th, 2012David has launched the ACEVO commission on youth unemployment today. You can read the press release here. And download the report here. Update: You can read David’s article in the Sunday Mirror here. And listen to David’s Today Programme [...]
The challenge for the centre-left
February 1st, 2012First published in the New Statesman Labour needs comradely and serious debate. So it should be with the former deputy leader Roy Hattersley’s recent article (with Kevin Hickson) “In praise of social democracy” for the Political Quarterly. Roy has been [...]
Anne Frank
January 31st, 2012Last week I spoke at the annual fundraising lunch of the Anne Frank Trust – a remarkable organisation that fights against prejudice and intolerance in modern Britain by using the vivid story of Anne Frank whose young life was snuffed [...]
Decision Time: Europe
January 17th, 2012I have recorded tomorrow night’s Decision Time for Radio 4 – this time about Europe and Britain’s place in it. You can judge for yourself the balance of the arguments. Nick Robinson, who presents the programme, says it is meant [...]
America’s a very religious country, right?
December 26th, 2011We are in the USA visiting Louise’s parents. Mix jet lag with Christmas excitement and you’ve got quite a party. I have to say the sunshine is counter intuitive at this time of year, but fantastic. We are not here [...]
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