John McTernan Articles

The Liberal Democrats. It's a long time since we thought about them, isn't it? It's actually a long since we thought they were relevant. But we should never forget that they are directly responsible for the coalition government – and for every single one of its sins....

If Scotland votes ‘No’ this month, Labour must move quickly to define the victory, says John McTernan If, as all the polls have consistently predicted, the ‘No’ campaign triumphs in this month’s Scottish referendum, it will be a great victory for Labour. But then the...

Time for one of my periodic pieces on reasons to be cheerful: 1. Alan Milburn. Julia Gillard used to joke with me that we were the two remaining Milburnites left in the world. It wasn’t entirely accurate, but perhaps at the time we were the only two ‘out’ Milburnites....

As soon as they formed a government the coalition started to dismantle the Labour government’s anti-terrorist policies. Gone was the ‘Prevent’ strategy, which was tackling the roots of extremism was ‘updated’ – that is weakened and funding was cut. Worse, control...