Jonathan Todd http://www.jonathantodd.net Labour Economist and Strategist Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:04:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Responsible Miliband, Shameless Cameron Ed Miliband talks a lot about responsibility and a responsible capitalism. Given reports in the Observer, I have a feeling that David Cameron will take up similar themes on the Andrew Marr show this morning. This illustrates… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/responsible-miliband-shameless-cameron/ Points to be made in EU referendum debate Some points that Labour MPs might make in the EU referendum debate in the Commons today:

First, why now?

Many of the Treaties that define the UK’s relationship with the EU were signed by Conservative PMs, e.g. Maastricht Treaty. We… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/points-to-be-made-in-eu-referendum-debate/ 9/11: “A strike against Yankee imperialism” I never knew that horrific moment of watching the second plane crash into the World Trade Centre. I was travelling by bus to the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, blissfully unaware of the outside world, as the attacks happened.… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/911-%e2%80%9ca-strike-against-yankee-imperialism%e2%80%9d/ Ten years on from 9/11: Why can’t the west believe in itself? I had this on Labour Uncut earlier this week.

As the national transitional council’s (NCT) grip on Libya tightened, I wondered: What do the Muammar Gaddafi loyalists in their last redoubts want? Having refused the NCT’s generous reconciliation offer, do… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/ten-years-on-from-911-why-can%e2%80%99t-the-west-believe-in-itself/ Blue Labour goes global I had this on Labour Uncut a few weeks ago.

Blue Labour seems less in fashion than previously. It was never the answer to every challenge facing Labour. But it does have contributions to make to Labour’s renewal. Whatever it… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/blue-labour-goes-global/ Will Rick Perry be the Republican Clinton? I had this on Labour Uncut during August.

At the start of May I argued that President Obama was as vulnerable to a challenger emerging as the seemingly ascendant George W H Bush was at the same time in… Read the rest

]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/will-rick-perry-be-the-republican-clinton/ David Cameron is a second rate Ted Heath I’m not the first person to compare David Cameron with Ted Heath. Iain Martin has made this parallel. Martin asked last year whether Philip Ziegler’s biography of Heath had been read in Downing Street.

“It should be. Ted Heath

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]]> http://www.jonathantodd.net/david-cameron-is-a-second-rate-ted-heath/ Both left and right should look into their hearts after the riots I had this on Labour Uncut soon after the riots in England.

The world has looked perplexed upon the UK this week. Not standing up for justice, but reduced to”violent consumerism“. Clapham Junction isn’t Tahrir Square. We don’t need… Read the rest

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