Tag: Crewe
Ambition Must Not Come Before Survival Following Defeat In Crewe.
Wat Tyler Mon May 26, 2008 at 11:08:35 AM GMT 
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Two senior figures offer advice to Gordon Brown in the wake of the result in Crewe and Nantwich.
Crewe and Nantwich why we need a move to the left!
Wiseman Fri May 23, 2008 at 08:56:32 AM GMT
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After the disaster of last night we really need to start looking at our core voters
1) Taxing the earners over £85000 a year more
2) Taxing domiciles and big energy firms such as Shell more
3) Use the money to give more the workers earning less than £18000 a year
4) Support British manufacturing and industry more
5) Increase minimum wage
6) Stop messing up the education system, Get rid of Sats
7) Bring back the index link for pensioners and rights for temporary workers
Give people security during the credit crunch instead of pretending it is not happening!!
Lets put the facts on the table, listen or we lose the next election!!!!
John Wiseman
1) Taxing the earners over £85000 a year more
2) Taxing domiciles and big energy firms such as Shell more
3) Use the money to give more the workers earning less than £18000 a year
4) Support British manufacturing and industry more
5) Increase minimum wage
6) Stop messing up the education system, Get rid of Sats
7) Bring back the index link for pensioners and rights for temporary workers
Give people security during the credit crunch instead of pretending it is not happening!!
Lets put the facts on the table, listen or we lose the next election!!!!
John Wiseman
So where do we go from here?
Mike Ion Fri May 23, 2008 at 06:27:54 AM GMT
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As predicted we have taken a severe kicking in Crewe, not just because of the 'toff' campaign attacks, not just because of the 10p tax fiasco and certainly not because the Tories and Cameron connect with voters but because the electorate was determined to give us a bloody nose. The Telegraph today quotes Baroness Vadera as saying Britain is facing a "real economic crisis." From the doorstep it was obvious that people were and are angry with us, disillusioned with our increasingly reactionary rhetoric and keen to send us and particularly Gordon Brown, a message.
As no doubt the plethora of posts and comments that will appear on this site and others over the next day or so will indicate, the real challenge to the continuation of the pursuit of a progressive political agenda comes not from a resurgent Tory party but from the defeatists, pessimists and cynics that exist within the Labour party itself. If Labour is to secure an unprecedented fourth term then it must urgently set about renewing itself, its message and its organisation.
I am not ashamed to be in the Labour party and I am proud of what we have achieved since 1997 but I am also acutely aware that we cannot constantly keep talking about these achievement. Looking to the past has much to recommend it, living in the past nothing at all.
As no doubt the plethora of posts and comments that will appear on this site and others over the next day or so will indicate, the real challenge to the continuation of the pursuit of a progressive political agenda comes not from a resurgent Tory party but from the defeatists, pessimists and cynics that exist within the Labour party itself. If Labour is to secure an unprecedented fourth term then it must urgently set about renewing itself, its message and its organisation.
I am not ashamed to be in the Labour party and I am proud of what we have achieved since 1997 but I am also acutely aware that we cannot constantly keep talking about these achievement. Looking to the past has much to recommend it, living in the past nothing at all.
Is Danny Finkelstein right?
alexanderbaker Wed May 21, 2008 at 12:53:42 PM GMT
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Danny Finkelstein argues in the Times that the Tory Toff campaign in Crewe and Nantwich is the final nail in the coffin for New Labour. But is he right, and does it matter?
Crewe: Let's take the kicking, re-group and move on
Mike Ion Tue May 20, 2008 at 08:26:33 AM GMT
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Polly Toynbee's piece in today's Guardian provides a cogent and stark assessment of where we are as a party and why. It looks as though we are going to take a kicking in Crewe, not because of the 'toff' campaign attacks, not because the Tories and Cameron connect with voters but because the electorate want to give us a bloody nose. They are angry with us, disillusioned with our rhetoric and keen to send us a message.
The summer will offer a period of reflection. For me the areas that we need to urgently address are as follows:
Style and substance - we need to be careful that we don't dismiss one at the expense of the other. Good policies badly presented and badly articulated are as useless and as ineffective as poor policies that have been spun positively.
The summer will offer a period of reflection. For me the areas that we need to urgently address are as follows:
Style and substance - we need to be careful that we don't dismiss one at the expense of the other. Good policies badly presented and badly articulated are as useless and as ineffective as poor policies that have been spun positively.
Trust and confidence - who on Labour's front bench can inspire trust and and come across as fully paid members of the human race? Answer - Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn for starters.
'If you are not on offence you are on defence' - we must get back on the attack and create clear dividing lines between ourselves and our opponents. Education policy is an obvious place to start.
I am not ashamed to be in the Labour party and I am proud of what we have achieved since 1997 but I am also acutely aware that we cannot constantly keep talking about these achievement. Looking to the past has much to recommend it, living in the past nothing at all.
Tory and Lib Dem by-election hypocrisy...
hopisen Sun May 18, 2008 at 05:20:04 PM GMT
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Most of the below is from my blog, but I thought since Labourhome seems to have been a victom of some Tory trolling on this issue, this might be a helpful antidote...
If Labour hold Crewe, the economy holds up and Gordon 'softens up'...
Mike Ion Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:43:27 PM GMT
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Some of my fellow Labour bloggers, party activists and members have short memories. Less than 12 months ago the Tories were disintegrating over academic selection and Labour was 14% ahead in the polls. The next election is not due for another 24 months, the economy is probably over the worst and Gordon Brown - though he admits that he has made mistakes - is not stupid.
Crewe by-election and the 'Tory Toff' campaign
Mike Ion Mon May 12, 2008 at 07:19:12 PM GMT
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Above is one of the leaflets being used by Labour in the Crewe by-election. Personally I think it is OK and let me tell you why...
David Cameron’s Tory party (and particularly his parliamentary party) is increasingly becoming populated by the ‘right kind of people’, his people – ex-public school and from a background of immense wealth and privilege. Under Cameron the Tories still believe that the role of government is to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of their friends and backers - i.e. those who embrace their political, their economic, and their social views.
Politics can be a bruising affair at times but the reality is that you cannot govern if you don't win.
Politics can be a bruising affair at times but the reality is that you cannot govern if you don't win.
