Over the past week, the debate over the forthcoming European referendum has been dominated by questions of process,...
Pat McFadden MP Articles
No Brexit
Labour’s pro-Europeans must stick to their guns, writes Pat McFadden Labour’s general election defeat means the...
Merkel’s message to Cameron
When Angela Merkel arrives for talks in London tomorrow she will no doubt be publicly supportive of Britain’s...
The £20 billion question
One of the features of the banking crisis has been the anger and incredulity of people at the sharp end of public...
More real engineering
Both government and opposition say they are in favour of reindustrialisation or, as Peter Mandelson put it, more real...
Cameron’s working time ruse
Just a few weeks ago the prime minister told his European rebels that even though they would not get a referendum he...
Economic paralysis – leaders or structures?
The picture of international gatherings promising much but delivering little has become wearyingly familiar in recent...
The test for Vickers is the real economy
The exam question is simple: how do we deal with the problem of banks deemed too big to fail and then taking risks...
The urgent need for growth
The political debate over the past year has been dominated by argument over the deficit. How far and how fast to cut....
No liberty without order
In the face of the disorder in English cities in recent days, the debate has revolved around questions of individual...
Labour and Murdoch
For most Labour people, their starting point with Rupert Murdoch is the front page of The Sun with Neil Kinnock’s head...
An unhealthy situation on NHS maximum waiting times
Amid all the fuss about NHS structures, it would be easy to forget what was happening in one area that really impacts...