David Miliband gave a stirring talk to more than 200 Labour supporters in the Punjabi Community Centre, Kembry Street last night (18th August).  He highlighted the damage caused by only 100 days of Tory govermnent – and it is a Tory government since the fig leaf of the LibDems have allowed them to be more [...]

This weekend I had the pleasure of joining thousands of others at the Swindon Mela. It was great to see so many local residents from such different back grounds come together to enjoy the varied entertainment on offer, not to mention the mouth watering food! I had the privilege of meeting some fantastic people including [...]

Local residents are being invited to give their views on what their council will look like as the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England begins an electoral review of Swindon Borough Council today(20th July 2010).
The review will consider changes to the number of councillors on the council as well as [...]

As Labour Group spokesman for Transport and the Environment I was delighted to receive an early copy of the Swindon Civic Trust Strategy 2010-2013.  The Trust are campaigning on many of the issues that Labour fought the last Borough election on, and are committed to the sort of localism in planning and politics which was [...]

Over the next few months, millions of people who care about Britain’s progressive future will help choose the next leader of the Labour Party – you can play your part today.
If you want to help shape Britain’s progressive future, you can get involved right now.
Thousands of people have already joined Labour because they want to [...]

Some of us considered the Tory budget in Swindon as irresponsible in that they under-funded Adult Social Care and put £2.5M into general reserves in the expectation that it would probably be needed to top up Adult Social Care.
That stupidity has come home to roost with a vengeance.
While it could be contended that the very [...]

So election day has come and gone, North Swindon has chosen its new MP.
With a Tory Goverment, Tory run Borough Council and a Tory MP there are no excuses anymore, I hope those people who voted Conservative see there faith repaid with improvements in the area.
I thank all those who helped, supported and voted for [...]

Labour supporters throughout Swindon heard early on Friday morning of the sad defeat of our two Candidates in the Westminster elections.
Anne Snelgrove had represented South Swindon since 2005, and latterly served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Gordon Brown.  Anne has worked tirelessly for all her constituents and for the interests of Swindon in Westminster.  She [...]

I have never believed that young people are apathetic. They campaign on issues like jobs, hunting, climate change, green power, safer streets, global trade and world poverty.  Labour will continue to listen to young people’s opinions and deliver real support to help them get on in life.
I have been talking to young people all [...]

Its as simple as that …
I greatly enjoyed Gordons speech last night to Citizens UK. Listen to it yourself and you’ll realise why this man has the experience, vision, compassion and honesty which the UK desperately needs.  Its easy to forget what Britain was like in the 80s and early 90s – with mass unemployment [...]