James Valentine is a constituency representative on Labour’s National Policy Forum and a member of the Britain in the World Policy Commission. He was a candidate for the Eastern Region in the 2009 European Elections and a parliamentary candidate for Mid Bedfordshire in 2001.
Posted on Jul 19, 2009 at 10:43am
By James Valentine The CBI today criticised Sir James Dyson's report on boosting business innovation “for being too narrowly focused.” The Tories recently commissioned Dyson to produce a report about...
By James Valentine School discipline is a hot political issue and according to David Cameron it’s one of the things that’s wrong in Britain today. It fits nicely into their...
By James Valentine George Osborne has a big new idea. According to the Sunday Times, the man who would be Chancellor dreams of bribing the electorate with pie in the...
By James Valentine Several of today’s papers reported Richard Branson’s pronouncements about the economy, saying that the deficit should be cut this year. The Bearded One has stated: "We are...
By James Valentine It was always a struggle to get a full public inquiry into the Iraq war – we have come a long way to get to this point....
By James Valentine The Tories talk a lot about charities. When Cameron does photo-ops you’ll often see him with charity workers. And their agenda is clear. The state is seen...
By James Valentine You have to hand it to David Cameron – he has a way of talking utter nonsense and sounding plausible with it. An example from his press...
By James Valentine Politicians are adept at making pronouncements on specific issues but they sometimes hesitate when they’re asked about their philosophy. Pressed for his “one big idea” in last...
By James Valentine New Year’s Day brought an interesting contribution to the education debate from the chief adviser for London schools who has apparently accused parents who attend "dinner parties...
By James Valentine David Cameron navigates the political landscape rather like a pilot coming in to land – trimming here and there, a touch on the throttle when he’s dropping...
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