new labour – David Smith

Unite – Wrong on Labour, Wrong on Corbyn

July 22, 2015 David Smith Government, Labour, Trade Unions One comment

You’ll remember a little wee while ago that there was a bit of spat from some trade unions, including Unite, the biggest trade union in our country with approximately 1.4 million members and the Labour Party. The essential gist was ‘lean to the left or we might have to look at alternatives’. Very quickly the General Secretary, Len McClusky came […]

Labour are NOW wrong on the economy, not before

July 22, 2015 David Smith Economy, Labour Leave a comment

Andy Burnham seems determined that the way to win back the public is to agree to Tory tripe that New Labour spent too much. New Labour didn’t spend to much. New Labour ran a surplus in four of the thirteen years it was in power – just to put that in context, that’s more surplus’s than Major and Thatchers governments […]

Liz Kendall Campaign for the Living Wage

June 28, 2015 David Smith Business, Labour, Living Wage, Work Leave a comment

Now whilst I may not necessarily be swayed to vote for Liz Kendall in the upcoming Labour Leadership election (although, at this point in time, I’m not ruling anyone out definitively), I wholeheartedly support Liz’s campaign for the Living Wage and fully agree that it’s definitely time for ‘a fresh start’. New Labour brought in the National Minimum Wage in 1998 […]