Sion Simon Articles

Recent polls have placed Labour in a very bad position. Optimists have voiced support for the idea that Labour's way back into power is through our work in local government and the endeavours of local councillors. My view is that similar to our reluctance to examine...

In exactly one month’s time on Friday 4 May I will be up early to spend the day with my fellow ‘Yes to Birmingham Mayor’ campaigners waiting for the votes to be counted in the Birmingham mayoral referendum.  This is a historic vote for England’s second city and indeed...

It is a new year in Westminster, so it must be time for new chiefs of staff. Labour’s top two, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, have found themselves new men, and their choices for chief consigliere say as much about each man as their policy announcements. Miliband chose the...

Well the beginning of this new year has seen the railways take centre-stage in transport news and, for once, leading the national news agenda. We are a nation of trainspotters and train fares are a regular cause of debate (complaint!). But what has gone seemingly...