red flagger's Blog

Terry Fields R.I.P

The former Labour MP for Liverpool Broadgreen, Terry Fields, has died over the weekend.

Boris now officially Mayoral candidate

As we all suspected (well, i know I did) the Tories have overwhelmingly selected Boris Johnson as their candidate for next year's Mayoral elections in London:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7014739.stm

Bring it on!

Reid to step down as MP

According to the BBC: Never someone I agreed with politically, I nevertheless have a huge amount of respect for John Reid, and it will be sad to see him go.

True Colours

Do the colours of Gordon Brown's ties tell us anything about the man himself, his moods, or the policies he is formulating?

Harriet Harman!

Who would have thought it?

If this were true...

Some light relief for everyone here on Labourhome after all the leadership/ deputy leadership arguing. I recently came across this, erm, "interesting" bit of information on Wikipedia... 

Hodge on Housing

Margaret Hodge has appeared once again, making some comments regarding housing and immigration.

It's been a shakey 24 hours

Yesterday, following the announcement that so many Labour MPs had nominated Brown that a competiton was impossible, I practically tore up my membership. Today I decided against leaving the party, but there are some issues I feel I need to raise in order to show why I almost took such drastic action.

May 3rd: Best of luck, everyone

This is just a quick message to wish everyone the best of luck with tomorrow. I'm sure many of us on here have been campaigning tirelessly over the past weeks, and hopefully at least some of that effort will pay off.

I give up: I have to have a rant

I've been a member of the Labour Party for almost 9 months now, but I've been visiting this website for longer. I always viewed it as a useful way of determining the mood inside the party, speaking to fellow party members and discussing the policies that effect us and our party. But that seems to no longer be the case.

Racist Tory removed from Parliamentary selection list

Whatever Dave may say about his New Tories, it comes as little surprise to hear that a Conservative councillor and Parliamentary candidate has algedly forwarded a racist e-mail.

Another McDonnell leadership thread

There has been many a thread about the candidacy of John McDonnell for Labour Party leader, but a column from the Guardian I've found online makes some very interesting points.

When Party Leaders refuse to go...

Tony Blair's announcement that he still has no plans to announce a stepping-down date provides the party with a real problem- one that could result in electoral suicide.