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Ed Miliband Articles

Energy v the economy

Both sides of the House seemed to be in a rowdy, boisterous mood at the beginning of PMQs; early on, the speaker told the prime minister’s PPS to restrain himself. Two issues dominated the session: economic growth and energy prices. Tory and Labour MPs stuck...

More to politics than parliament

Last week was Local Democracy Week. Here in Oldham we have a whole range of events with local people and organisations highlighting the work that councillors do to represent their interests and encourage more people to become involved in local politics. This is par...

Whistling in the wind

David Cameron was looking pretty Billy Bunterish today at prime minister’s questions, with a curl which kept trying to escape on his forehead. It was not his question time today. He kind of knew it wouldn’t be, and was trying very hard not to be petulant....

The legitimacy dilemma

Barack Obama’s hesitation, Vladimir Putin’s cunning and David Cameron’s parliamentary mismanagement combined to spare Labour from having to make a definitive choice about how the UK should respond to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons.  Yet given the...
Power surge

Power surge

It could be the week that marked the beginning of the end for ‘Labour’s institutional statism’ as Ben Lucas of the RSA...