Guest Blog
I am You #AntiWinsorNetwork
By TSF at April 26, 2012 | 11:27 pm | 0 Comment
We're all in this together - are we? The Government have virtually stopped using this blatant lie. But look around you, at work, at home, in the street. Who are 'we'? We are the British people. We are not the Government. We are not the major shareholders in big City institutions. We are the people of this country. We are the public. On May 10th off duty police officers more...
Panorama’s Poor Performance
By TSF at November 1, 2011 | 4:36 pm | 2 Comments
Reflecting back on the Panorama programme about misconduct in the police which was broadcast last night, I think the BBC, producers and Home Office hacks have got it all wrong. There is no debate that when one dons the uniform on any particular day one does not know what one is likely to face. Any mistake could be life threatening in any emergency service but one flaw in more...
Admiral Lord West: Defence
By TSF at October 7, 2011 | 1:18 am | 0 Comment
When Labour took over power from the Conservatives in 1997 the ill-judged and badly run Typhoon programme was out of control. At the same time, despite constant warnings from the naval staff, the delay (until 1996) in ordering the Astute class submarines had almost destroyed our in-house capability to design and construct such complex platforms and meant there would more...
Lord Temple-Morris: Progressive Politics
By TSF at October 5, 2011 | 10:42 am | 0 Comment
The history and origin of the Labour Party is important, in that it came into being in the cause of an historically necessary class struggle. It became a movement to this end and made the major contribution towards the creation of a more balanced and civilised society. Part of our problem today is that the legacy of our distinguished history is still with us. It has left more...
Tony Lloyd MP: In Search of Labour’s Big Idea
By TSF at October 4, 2011 | 10:53 am | 0 Comment
It is necessary that Labour, out of power after years in government, engages in a process of self-analysis. Unless we demand the luxury of insisting that the electorate got it wrong, without trashing the enormous achievements of Labour in government, we have to look at what we didn't get right. That process must ask us to look not just to policy but to our tradition and more...
