Left Foot Forward
The pinball wizard voting of the Dutch electorate
The Netherlands are world champions at electoral volatility, thanks to our radical proportional system; it remains a mystery for both politicians, political scientists and media.
Health and safety rules are there to protect workers – not business
At present the average employer will never see a health and safety inspector; the chances of them being prosecuted are virtually nil unless they kill or seriously injure anyone.
Britain on the slow road to broadband
The OECD yesterday released a tranche of statistics on broadband penetration in member countries as of the end of 2009
Politics Summary: Monday, June 14th
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A new hope v the old attitudes
The question of how best to build the progressive fight back was the subject of the Left Foot Forward/Labour List fringe at the Compass conference yesterday.
Labour needs a leader that Leads for Women
Let’s make sure our next leader leads for women. We’ll be asking all the leadership contenders what they think of our proposals; see http://lead4women.wordpress.com/