Tulip Siddiq

‘Oh they don’t care’ – a common claim made about young people. Apparently we’re all apathetic and disengaged from politics. Not true. A lot of us do care. The disconnect is not of young people from issues or from politics – if we take politics in the true sense of the word. The lack of [...]

The whole point of the Labour party is greater equality, so for women MPs the benchmark should not be other, lagging, parties, but ourselves. A great man once said that this was no time for a novice. Well some not-so-great women are now telling you that this is no time for a sycophant. Comrades – [...]

This article was published on April 9 on the Progress website. This week I had the chance to spend some time observing Gordon Brown in the flesh. More than being excited, I was curious… It’s all very well being in the midst of a throng of Labour party faithfuls where you get thanked for all [...]

Good evening everyone! Did anyone watch Tower Block of Commons last night? It made me cringe… Anyway, I wanted to draw your attention to an article I wrote. It’s been published by Progress here. And if you’re not in the mood to click on any other links, here’s the article: I don’t tweet. Deal with [...]

Has anyone else read Cameron’s outrageous comment about how Muslim peer Sayeeda Warsi would “blow the hijab off” young Muslim girls and women who “have been told that public life wasn’t for them”? No? Well here is it. It just shows how utterly clueless Cameron is when it comes to these issues. His last sentence [...]