Kevin McKeever Articles

Andrew Lansley’s NHS reforms are in no way New Labour, whatever Cameron might try and claim

Born in Scotland of a Scottish mother and Irish father, raised in
northern England and now living in the south of England, I feel a sense
of ‘Britishness’ that often eludes others. That’s why I read with horror in this morning’s Guardian the analysis of how Cameron’s
pandering to the Tory euro-extremist right is threatening the Union.
I’ve been of the view for a long time that Labour is now the ‘One
Nation’ party; active and competitive across Britain. Labour continues
to defend a Union strengthened by devolution to the nations and regions
of our country.

Let’s seize the moment and radically reform parliament

David Cameron has slickly moved to claim the progressive mantle from
Labour. But bold, genuinely progressive proposals like those announced
today will reveal the true nature of Conservative politics on equality.
Predictably tensions have already been exposed between the Tory frontbench and backbench MPs. When it comes to
supporting concrete proposals the Conservatives will be found wanting
and once again the Labour party will demonstrate our representation of
all Britons and not just the privileged few.