Michael Meacher Articles

I began Business of the House Questions this week by paying tribute to Sir George Young who has announced that he will stand down after 41 years in parliament. I suggested his local party should incorporate an IQ test as part of the selection process for his successor...

Sometimes the problem with Twitter is that you call it too soon. Ex-Labour MP Tony McNulty got in trouble at today’s prime minister’s questions by tweeting halfway through, ‘Public desperate for PM in waiting who speaks for them – not leader of opposition indulging in...

Some way into Michael Meacher’s manifesto for a ‘renaissance of Britain’ he quotes Winston Churchill on finance. In a historical irony given his record as chancellor, Churchill would rather that finance was the servant of industry than its master. At the end of The...

Given the recent controversy over the European selections, it was not surprising that this session of the Progress conference led to a stimulating discussion. An eclectic panel of Michael Meacher MP, Oona King, Kirsty McNeill, Steve Hart and Sadie Smith started the...