Denis MacShane Articles

This week’s spate of scandals have re-energised public interest in proposals to clean up parliament. All three main parties included remarkably similar proposals in their manifestos, yet little progress has been made under the current government. In his excellent book...

The new TUC general-secretary needs to make unions truly relevant once again By Denis MacShane —The trade union question is now haunting the left across the world. Anti-union attack dogs are on the rise everywhere. Conservative MPs seek every opportunity to bash and...

As Olympic gold fever dies down, normal political life will be resumed. One of the big debates in the next period will be whether Britain should adopt the prejudices of the Daily Mail, Sun and Daily Telegraph and move to the exit door of the EU. David Cameron's...

Soon this glorious summer of medals will turn into a winter of three discontents – no growth except in poverty, cuts in public services that will bite, and poisonous politics as Tories and Lib Dems bicker while Boris plans Dave's ousting. There is Team GB everywhere...