Ed Miliband made his first major contribution since paternity leave – but it failed to capture significant public interest. Whilst this raised his profile to a similar level to that seen during a typical day during the leadership race (around 800 user generated conversations), the total conversation it generated still amounted to fewer comments and [...]

There is a deficit in this country. It is big and reducing it is the central challenge of politics. That’s obvious to most people – but apparently not the Labour party. Trufflenet – the company I founded –  has today published an analysis of the debate surrounding the election of the new leader of the [...]

Ann Black – my favourite NEC member – emailed me (and many others) ahead of the first National Policy Forum in two years. As a former member – who served two two-year terms – I would have been gutted if it had not met for 2 years; it’s a good weekend for a political hack. [...]

keep looking »