Mike Buckley: What Labour needs to do now
“Voters need to know why the government have made bad choices, and what Labour would do instead, not just that Labour would be a more trustworthy and competent administration, important though that is.”
Mike Buckley
The government is demanding the impossible when it comes to the Northern Ireland Protocol
‘The Government should reflect that none of the problems with the Protocol it has pointed to should have come as any surprise’
Governments must stop encouraging fossil fuel companies to invest in new production sites
‘Scientists believe the world is increasingly likely to experience global warming of 1.5C within the next five years because of record greenhouse gas levels’.
Local Elections 2022: What can we expect?
Labour will need to take next week’s results in their stride. Yet there are trends to watch.
Mike Buckley: What Russia’s war on Ukraine could mean for the future of climate change
‘Ask any climate scientist, or Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Getting the world off fossil fuels must be a much bigger priority than it is now.’
Mike Buckley: What would a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine look like?
‘Putin will suffer consequences enough, potentially costing his leadership. But for now, the priority must be ending the war as quickly and completely as possible.’
Mike Buckley: European leaders are now looking beyond NATO for their own defence
‘The EU will define itself as a military actor, focused on its own defence and limiting Russian aggression.’
Crime will be a bigger policy issue at the next election, Labour can take a lead on it if it gets it right
Labour is right to make crime and policing a key battleground
Brexit: ‘The case for divergence has in most cases not been made’
‘More consequential in the long run is Johnson’s rediscovered desire to push Brexit to its absolute limit, regardless of the consequences for the economy, British businesses or Britain’s relationship with our European partners.’
‘While the circus over parties, cakes and flat refurbishments continues the climate crisis only gets worse’
‘The Glasgow Climate Pact needs to move “from words on a page” to a lived reality’