Ben Bradshaw MP Articles

Wanton destruction

Brexit’s impact on the NHS is already proving devastating, writes Ben Bradshaw My most memorable doorstep encounter during the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union was in the last week, with an elderly Exeter couple, solidly Labour, with...

Labour must fight a chaotic Brexit

Our party must be prepared to force the government back to the negotiating table – or keep Britain in the European Union – if it delivers a bad Brexit deal, argues Ben Bradshaw MP Triggering article 50 was the easy bit. The government now faces the most difficult and...

Why Labour is right on Israel

In his article for the Progress website, Tal Ofer took Ed Miliband and Douglas Alexander to task for their reaction to the latest Israeli bombardment of and incursion into Gaza. Under the headline ‘The wrong stance on Gaza’, Tal criticised the Labour leadership for...

Why Cameron is too weak to junk Juncker

John Major came on the radio this morning trying to be helpful to David Cameron in his campaign to stop Jean-Claude Juncker becoming president of the European commission. Major suggested other European leaders might want to ‘make it up’ to Cameron if Juncker gets the...