Tag Archives: Ed Miliband MP

Labour Pains

Posted on June 29, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Makes you sick, doesnt it? The Tories are in a mess and on cue the British Labour Party get into a bigger mess. To some extent it is irrelevant that only 40 MPs back the Leader Jeremy Corbyn and 172 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alastair Campbell, Angela Eagle MP, british labour party, Diane Abbott MP, Ed Miliband MP, EU Referendum, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Tony Blair, Yvette Cooper MP | 4 Comments

Miliband, Corbyn And Bonnie Prince Charlie

Posted on September 13, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I have to admit I barely watched TV in the aftermath of the the British Labour Party’s disaster at the British General Election in May. Indeed I was in the Kings Hall in Belfast until 4am and had hardly any … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Burnham MP, bonnie prince charlie, Chukka Umanna MP, Culloden, Diane Abbott MP, Ed Miliband MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP, Kate Hoey MP, Liz Kendall MP, Tony Blair, Tristram Hunt MP, Yvette Cooper MP | 3 Comments

“Sister” Parties & “Girlfriend” Parties

Posted on April 7, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

“You should support the British Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. “You should support the Irish Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. I daresay they are only half-right. Family of sorts. And I daresay we would support them. If Joan Burton … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged british labour party, Ed Miliband MP, Irish Labour Party, Joan Burton, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, SNP, Tony Blair | 6 Comments

Everyone Is A Nationalist

Posted on April 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Watching “Question Time” on BBC last night, I have to say that I was disappointed in Andy Burnham who is a leading member of the Labour Party. Indeed, he might well be a future Deputy Leader or even Leader of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Andy Burnham, british labour party, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Ed Miliband MP, Labour NI, nationalism, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, SNP | Leave a comment

Battle Of Falkirk 2013

Posted on July 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

The row between the Unite Trade Union and the ragbag assortment of unreconstructed Bliarites like Jim Murphy and Douglas Alexander is interesting and a peculiar Labourite form of the politics of envy. Tories like to accuse Labour of basing policies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caroline Flint MP, David Miliband, Douglas Alexander MP, Ed Miliband MP, Falkirk, Jim Murphy MP, Len McCluskey, Wendy Alexander | 9 Comments

“I Come To Bury Caesar…”

Posted on April 10, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

There is a fiction that parliamentary sketch writers like to peddle…that the British House of Commons is at it’s best when it ita speaking with one voice on a great national issue. Simon Hoggart and others are unlikely today that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christopher Chope MP, David Cameron MP, David Winnick MP, Ed Miliband MP, Glenda Jackson MP, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Meacher MP, Tony Baldry MP | 3 Comments