Driving force
Alan Johnson pays tribute to Ernest Bevin, a towering political figure too often forgotten
Saviours of the world
Alan Johnson describes how four young men from Liverpool revived Britain, healed America and brought joy to millions
The uphill task of judging whether Tony Blair was a villain or hero
On the day that Tony Blair left the Commons chamber for the last time (to a standing ovation led by…
Alan Johnson’s diary: I’m not sure I’d have had the guts to join a new party
The separation between ‘members’ and ‘strangers’ always struck me as being one of the most archaic aspects of the House…
Of hearts and heads
Like most trade unionists in the 1970s and 80s I worked with a fair few communists. Men like Dickie Lawlor,…
England’s golden boy
Nothing illustrates the transformation in the working lives of professional footballers since the end of the maximum wage better than…
Power to the people
Alan Johnson cannot accept that the best days of the British working class are over
