James Bloodworth
James Bloodworth is the former editor of Left Foot Forward.
Five reasons the privatisation of Royal Mail is bad policy
Later today ministers will announce the final details of plans for the privatisation of Royal Mail.
Labour and the unions: Now the ball is in the Tories’ court
In the wake of today's speech Ed Miliband will face the biggest test of his leadership thus far - and it is a test of his own making.
Five crazy ideas from the Tories’ new policy chiefs
Last week it was announced that the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) was to lead the Conservative Party's policy development. The aim, according to the CPS press release, is to "feed through new ideas for both immediate implementation and the next Conservative manifesto in 2015".
Message to Simon Danczuk MP: Being wrong is not the same as being racist
Labour MP Simon Danczuk, the MP who recently clashed with Owen Jones on the Daily Politics over the Spending Review, has a piece in today's Telegraph in which he writes that the politics of the Labour left "should be viewed in the same way as we view the views of the BNP".
Five party reforms Ed Miliband should consider in the wake of Falkirk
In the wake of the Falkirk scandal there is increasing pressure on Labour leader Ed Miliband to distance his party from the trade unions. Some within Labour's own ranks are even calling for the link between Labour and the trade unions to be severed.
UKIP supporters most pessimistic about Murray’s chances of winning Wimbledon
UKIP supporters were more pessimistic than any other party's about Andy Murray's chance of winning Wimbledon, according to a YouGov poll for yesterday's Sunday Times.