election 2014 Articles

What I witnessed on polling day — In medieval times the east of London reeked of urine from tanning, boiled bones for soap and other unpleasant trades that would not operate inside the controlled boundaries of the City of London. Today, different but equally...

Labour’s victory in Harrow was, I believe, put in place eight months prior to the election when the Labour group headed out into the community to speak to residents about how the council could help them. We held open meetings with women’s groups, community...

This year I stood first time in local elections for the Labour party, in Thurrock. It was thought that I was venturing into Tory heartland, somewhere which had seen no Labour representation for a decade. And there was a strong support for the United Kingdom...

Like many activists who live in other regions, I was pleased with the electoral triumph in May of Labour in London. But reading all those celebratory tweets from those who ran Labour’s national campaign, I felt a sense of unease because the London effect seems to be...