One of my early, and, as it turned out, multiple, unsuccessful encounters with girls involved lecturing some...
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Paul’s Week in Politics Articles
Enoch at 100
A new book Enoch at 100 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Enoch Powell. Enoch Powell led the kind of life...
Labour’s historical nature
Rejoice, rejoice! To the great relief of all users of social media, voting ends today for the Labour party’s national...
After much deliberation
I’m kidding. Obviously I’m voting Yes to AV. I’ve been a member of the Labour party for nearly a...
Why we march
There's the inevitable breakaway marches, heading in the direction of Oxford Street, the City of London, or any other...
It’s incompetence, stupid
In the 1970s, you waited months to have a telephone line installed, your car broke down, shops closed for lunch, and...
Big society battle rages on
This was a ‘backbench' debate secured by the Tory MP for Dover Charlie Elphicke. The motion was ‘That this...
Remembering Memorial Hall
Most delegates came from the working class districts of London: Shepherd's Bush, Stepney, Walthamstow, Battersea,...
Coalition must help north African transitions
There's a lesson there about the efficiency of outsourcing compared to a state-owned organisation like the SAS. The...
Gypsies: tramps and thieves?
I was taught at school that ‘gypsy' was a derivation of the word ‘Egyptian', used in Elizabethan England...
The ‘British Dream’
He intends to link his own life experiences (known in the trade as his ‘backstory') with Labour's historic...
Upward mobility for Labour
His acceptance of a role with the Conservative-led government as adviser on social mobility raised some eyebrows and...