Here's the result (I lost): ANDERSON Paul James Labour 1003 GORDON Pippa UK Independence Party  542 HORE Martin Liberal Democrats ...

I’m just back in Britain from a whistle-stop tour of China, where I was speaking at the Bookworm Literary Festival , a fortnight-long talkf...

I'm standing again for Bixley ward in Ipswich for the borough council. Vote for me!

I'm busy with new jobs and working on Aaargh! Press stuff, so not a lot is going to be posted here for the next six months.

"Just vote yes tomorrow. You'll regret it if you don't. Make a bit of history," says former editor of Labour weekly Tribun...

I've just realised that I've never heard of, let alone met, most of the Tories who have been promoted in the reshuffle. Who is Cynth...

Some of the more ludicrous elements of Brian Leveson's proposals for press regulation were toned down in the royal charter – but the thr...

Well, no one else is going to say this, but the choice of Jean-Claude Juncker isn't that bad. He might well be a "fag-packet federa...

This is what I said (more or less) at the University of Lincoln symposium 'Orwell Now!' – organised by Richard Keeble, who was a col...

The only thing that would have turned the Newark byelection into a big national story was a UKIP victory, and it didn't happen. Instead,...

1. UKIP did well, but not that well, in the local elections. Its share of the vote was lower than in 2013. This is partly down to this year’...

Belatedly – I've been working – many thanks to everyone who helped on the Labour campaign in Bixley ward, Ipswich, where I stood for La...

I am a democratic socialist, which means I believe: We need an equal society in which everyone has a chance to get on in life and pr...

Right, nominations have closed. I'm up against a Tory, a UKIP bloke and a Lib Dem in Bixley ward in the Ipswich borough council election...

I am standing for Labour in Bixley ward for Ipswich borough council on 22 May. Here's the official page.

I am the Labour candidate in Bixley ward for Ipswich borough council in the local government elections in May. If you live there, vote for m...

Aaaargh! Press is pleased to announce that its next title will be Paint the West Red! The strange story of British Maoism by Paul Ande...