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I spent far too much of Wednesday watching the Parliament Channel. It brought back memories of when members of parliament, for the first time, were asked to vote on military action in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. I voted ‘Yes’ then, having considered all arguments,...

We are living through dramatic, dangerous and historic times. Last night’s vote to extend airstrikes to terrorist Daesh targets in Syria means Britain is now involved – rightly in my opinion – in one of our world’s most painful and difficult conflicts. It is that...

The Labour party has launched its campaign to stay in the European Union. In Birmingham, Alan Johnson, who is leading the campaign, rightly stated: There is no progressive case for leaving the EU. Our principled campaign, based on our values, starts now. Security,...

The radical 1945 Labour government built the welfare state to address the five giant evils that William Beveridge saw in Britain’s industrial society. The next Labour government needs to build a new welfare state that moves beyond Beveridge’s five giants to address...