So who do you think you are kidding Mr. Salmond?

Last night, Labour candidate Willie Bain was elected as MP for Glasgow North East, seeing of an SNP challenge and gaining a comfortable majorityof over 8,000. Results show a 1.89′% swing to Labour, while the SNP vote decreased. The Tories came third, beating earlier predictions that the BNP would gain third place after the SNP. [...]

Fash well and truely trashed in Barnsley

BNP owned in Barnsley. The BNP, having got just a little bit cocky, had targeted Barnsley as a potential win. Obviously, they’d thrown all of their possible resources into winning this seat. They failed, and quite substantially. Full result: Labour 1520 BNP 590 Independent 171 UKIP 94 Tory 89 Lib Dem 78 Lab majority 930. [...]

Breaking news: Labour win Heworth ward, York.

Literally just got this one through – Labour have won in Heworth ward, York. Full results: Labour 876 Lib Dem 608 Conservative 591 Green 302 BNP 192 Monster Raving Loony 25 Congratulations to Labour in York and all involved on the doorsteps of York, looks like the Lib Dems put up a hefty challenge. Congratulations [...]

Why we're Labour.

Labour's job fund commitment.

Once again, I am playing catch-up with the rest of the blogosphere on Labour’s latest announced scheme, but better late than never! The Attleeite in me was rejoicing today at the news that Labour is to announce job creation, up to 150,000 new jobs for young people and the long-term unemployed, funded by the Future [...]

Returning to the blogsphere

I realised recently that my last post to a Labour blog was in July 2007, and concerned with Boris Johnson as the Conservative London Mayoral candidate. Sadly, we all know what happened there. Since early 2008, I have brought my membership of the Labour Party into question on several occassions. This has mainly been due [...]