On the economics, about micro-, macro- and the economics of ideas.
Accountability
Also need to re-introduce elections to the shadow cabinet.
Coups
Harman’s leadership and the two putative coups in the PLP before the 2010 and 2015 elections shows the Labour Party needs a term limit and transparent recall mechanism for its leadership.
Crypto
There have been a couple of articles over the weekend on the crypto-wars and Cameron’s desire to ban strong encryption to UK citizens. …
Listen
And now Harman, arguing that losing the election is a mandate for austerity. You’re not listening to the Party you lead and your personal mandate is pretty dated; I wonder how many of today’s members were around in 2006. …
Work
Who’d have thought, that the French work harder than we do in Britain. #r4today
Deptford CLP nominates
#LewDeptLabour voted last night to support Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson as Leader & Deputy Leader …
Mandate
Among many pieces of occult magic, Osborne extends public sector pay squeeze for the duration of the parliament; Chris Leslie for Labour agrees with this. WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR MANDATE? …
Belief
To Labour’s Leadership candidates….Do you actually believe in ‘expansionary fiscal consolidation’ or is it just the focus groups speaking?
Pets
Pet insurance has spawned an industry. …
Better Politics
To Labour’s Leadership candidates….Do you have a manifesto for “Better Politics”? Do you support fairer voting systems? Will you abolish the House of Lords? How will you rejuvenate & democratise Labour’s policy making process? …