Balls ‘o’ clock
WE were summoned to Marchmont Street for 9.15 yesterday morning to see Ed Balls speaking live. But as the clock ticked towards 9.20, 9.25 there was no sign of the Education [...]
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Islington, the new Camden
TIME was, Labour ministers spent half their lives at photo opps in Camden. They loved the place. Close to the Commons and, for a lot of them, their homes, the top bods fell [...]
Glenda Jackson: ‘bed blocker’ or ‘walking by-election’?
CLUED-UP political writer Sam Coates at The Times hints this morning at the potential for some sensational news this week, suggesting Glenda Jackson could be among MPs [...]
Ed M keeps the press onside
IS ED Miliband now the man who the Camden Labour Party think is now the acceptable face of their government for switched-on voters in the area? The environment [...]
There’s only one Michael Foot
THE sad passing of Michael Foot left everyone in our office feeling sombre today. The normal rat-a-tat-tat of press day was there, but the atmosphere was muted, the seat to [...]
Blackwell: Back in the race
IN the end, was it that he could not tear himself away from the addictive to and fro of Camden politics? Or does he believe the best is yet to come from Labour’s [...]
Luciana heads to Liverpool
A BIT of a blow for Camden’s Labour Party tonight with news that Luciana Berger has been picked as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Liverpool Wavertree. [...]
Big Phil
GUESS who’s back for more..? Here’s a few clues: 1.) He’s an old Labour warhorse whose got more experience of Camden Council than virtually the whole Lib [...]
Chada: Not the new Alan Milburn
OUR friends at the Northern Echo report bad news for Raj Chada. He won’t be representing Labour in Darlington at next year’s general election. The town’s [...]