What is Labour’s British Story?
What is Labour's British Story? Gerry Hassan Open Democracy, August 5th 2008 The recent salvo across Gordon Brown's bow by David Miliband shows that there is still some life in the top echelons of Labour. However, Milband's prognosis, along with the delicate decoding and musings of Sunder Katwala, embody the problems and limitations of thinking in London's Labour circles. (more…)
The Lessons of Glasgow East
The Lessons of Glasgow East Gerry Hassan Open Democracy, July 25th 2008 Gerry Hassan shows how the Scottish National Party's by-election victory in a previously unassailable Labour fiefdom is a signal of shifting tectonic plates in United Kingdom politics as a whole. Scottish and British politics are clearly moving into a new political era. The sensational Glasgow East by-election victory for the Scottish National Party (SNP) and humiliation for Labour in one of its safest seats is evidence enough, but even it only hints at the scale of the changes underway and the degree to which a momentous contest
