On 12 December 2019, just two years ago, the Labour Party was crashing to a catastrophic defeat. The voters let us know what they thought about the previous five years, with a final and crushing verdict. From Bolsover to Bridgend, from Wakefield to Wrexham, Labour voters rejected the party they…
Labour’s challenge as delegates gather in Brighton this morning is not the absence of policy. Labour has lots of policies. The problem is that some of them are obscure, some fantastical, some outdated, and some just plain wrong. We can debate which is which later over coffee.
The main problem…
Michael Gove, truly the main beneficiary of the recent reshuffle, has stamped his mark on Government with the easiest and most obvious tool to hand: renaming his department. Overnight, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was conjured from Gove’s fevered imagination.
The DLUHC is the latest incarnation of…
The leafy lanes and pretty Chiltern villages surrounding Chesham and Amersham are not immediately redolent of Labour history. Swan Bottom is a long way from Clydeside, and Cholesbury is no Tolpuddle. Yet growing up in the area, I was always fascinated by the stories of three Labour titans who were…
Sussex, with its rolling Downs and seaside towns, may not immediately summon up thoughts of socialism. Yet here, as everywhere, the spectres of women and men who fought for a better day are all around. I think of them in these final days before polling day on 6 May.
Some…
As the Labour & Co-operative candidate for Sussex police and crime commissioner, I’ve been asked lots of questions about my policies. But as it’s the Bank Holiday Weekend, here’s a Q&A about my favourite things. This is just a bit of fun.
Favourite Movie?
Hard to say — Police Academy…
A Co-operative agenda for policing
Paul Richards
IN MAY THE Co-operative Party is standing hundreds of candidates at every level of governance, including 900 local councillors, and also candidates for the Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament, Metro Mayors, and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).
I am proud to be the Labour…
If you’ve been the victim of a crime, you may have had a brilliant level of service from the police and the criminal justice system. You may feel that justice was done, and that you were treated with courtesy and respect. I hope so. …
Paul Richards
Like many people, I have been the victim of crime. It was over a decade ago, but the thought of it never leaves me. One night, as we all slept upstairs, a burglar broke thought the front door, sliced the chain with bolt cutters, and stole our stuff.
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