Glenda Jackson leads the Labour Party

Who is that Ed Miliband chap again?

This is the MP I want to lead the Opposition. Because today, she did.

‘When I made my maiden speech a little over two decades ago, Margaret Thatcher had been elevated to the other place but Thatcherism was still wreaking, as it had wreaked for the previous decade, the most heinous, social, economic and spiritual damage upon this country, upon my constituency and my constituents.

Labour’s roll of shame on workfare

In a virtually-empty House of Commons, a handful of MPs stood up to oppose the cheap-work conservatives on the front bench, with a Labour Whip instructing party MPs to let the workfare bill pass, and cheat thousands of the poorest people in the UK out of the money the courts had ruled they were due.

The lonely Opposition in the House of Commons this afternoon:

Is it not the reality that this is a multi-billion pound failed flagship scheme, which was condemned by the Public Affairs Committee as extremely poor? Having lost a case and fearing that they will lose the appeal, the Government, instead of respecting our justice system, are abusing our emergency procedures to fix the consequences of losing? Does that show not a shocking disrespect both for our courts and for the principle that workers should be paid the minimum wage?

Read Seven Reasons Why You Should Stop Bitching About People On Benefits. Today’s debate – from Tory, LibDem, and Labour – was for the most part just bitching about people on benefits, who – sanctioned unlawfully of the money they were due – might be so impertinent as to want the money taken away from them unlawfully given back.

The idea that a day’s work deserves a day’s pay has become an ideal for radicals.

The idea that Labour ought to be the party of the left, standing in opposition against cheap-work conservatives, has … just gone, for a clear majority of Labour MPs.

Today is positive Twitter day

So I did my bit to subvert it:

The problem with SNP: too busy campaigning for indy to have any positive reasons for #yesscotland. #indyref

— EdinburghEye (@EyeEdinburgh) August 31, 2012

The problem with Scottish Labour: too busy campaigning against indy to have any positive reasons for #bettertogether.#indyref

— EdinburghEye (@EyeEdinburgh) August 31, 2012

Stirling Labour

From the Stirling Constituency Labour Party Website:

Stirling Labour Party members come from every part of the constituency and every walk of life, so if you believe that it’s time to take a stand against the Tories (and their Liberal partners) and time to take the fight for what really matters to the Nationalists then get involved by joining the Stirling Labour Party – just click on the link below!