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With the 20th anniversary of the 1992 defeat on April 9, Progress is looking back at memories of that election. Read Paul Richards' piece on 'the worst loss of all' here. I was selected as the Labour and Co-operative candidate for Ilford South in February 1990. Ilford...

The candidates for the Scottish council elections are all signed up and the SNP are promising change in town halls across Scotland.  Few are betting against SNP gains this May. You would think the fact that the SNP have ‘a record number of candidates almost 50 per...

'What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger' I like to start columns with a quote from a great political thinker, in this case the singer Kelly Clarkson. In last week’s column I warned George Galloway might win in Bradford West and urged people to head there to help, as...

If Ed Miliband is serious in his claim that this will be a 'one-term Tory government' as he asserted in the Guardian this weekend, then an alternative Queen's speech is not only desirable but necessary. As we approach the halfway point of this parliament, Labour must...