Where Now for European Social Democracy?
From Social Europe Journal:
Jon Cruddas and the German social democratic MP Andrea Nahles launch “The Good Society Debate” for Social Europe Journal.
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How the BNP’s far-right journey ends up on primetime TV
From The Guardian:
Nine years ago BNP leader Nick Griffin set out plans to cleanse the party’s image in his bid to win over the media. On Thursday he joins BBC’s Question Time, an appearance that has already caused controversy – will his views be rebuffed, or will he flourish in the media spotlight?
How I became a character in David Hare’s new play
From The Guardian:
Imagine watching yourself being represented on stage. It seems the world divides between those who would be terrified at such a proposition and others who would relish it. Well last week I discovered I am firmly in the terrified camp. As a lowly backbench Labour MP it is not often you get an opportunity to talk with a great dramatist. Yet in April I was invited by David Hare for a chat about last year’s global economic meltdown. A very pleasant couple of hours followed.
Who is behind the Taxpayers’ Alliance?
From The Guardian:
The slogan on the jaunty shopping bag swinging from Conservative arms at the party’s Manchester conference this week said it all: I Love Low Taxes. It was a freebie from the Taxpayers’ Alliance, the campaign group whose message of cuts – in tax and spending – coursed through the Tories once more this week, and will help set the agenda for the general election. Since it was launched six years ago the alliance has become arguably the most influential pressure group in the country, yet neither the people who run it, or the backers who pay for it, have come under a great deal of scrutiny.
Video: Labour: dead or alive?
From The Guardian:
Harris’s fringe: Alistair Darling thinks the government has lost ‘the will to live’. Has it? John Harris tests the mood at the Labour party conference.
You ask the questions
From The Independent:
The Labour MP for Dagenham answers your questions, such as ‘Why is Gordon Brown a disaster?’ and ‘How about Fabio Capello instead?’
Keir Hardie Memorial Lecture
Jon Cruddas gave the Keir Hardie memorial lecture in Merthyr Tydfil, September 2009.
The void in the mind of Labour
From The Guardian:
Recession has laid bare the Tories’ Thatcherite core. Labour must rediscover its ethical heart if it is to survive
Something fishy about Jon Cruddas
From The Guardian:
Reading the papers this week you might think Jon Cruddas does nothing but write speeches about the Labour party. But, as we reveal above, the great hope of the left has other things he likes doing in his spare time. Exclusive pics have come our way showing Cruddas landing an 11lb 2oz barbel on the River Kennet during his summer holidays.