Balls vs Brillo (Round 2)

Last November we brought you Balls vs Brillo. Today they met again – Round 2 (featuring Ricardian Equivalence and Ed Balls refusing to accept the premise of the question):

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‘Scotland 2026: Labour must frame the choice as between change and another decade of the SNP’

The 2026 election campaign in Scotland is well and truly under way. Whilst normal people hunker down at…

Katherine Sangster

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‘We need some light in the darkness’ Labour’s Leadership – a grassroots view

I write as chair of a Labour party ward in North London. Here, we face opposition from Greens…

Roger Smith

17th January, 2026, 2:00 pm

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Michael Owen

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‘Re-election or relegation: why Labour may need a counterattacking strategy’

A consensus about the government’s political strategy has formed on the centre and centre-left. There are different flavours,…

Steve Van Riel

17th January, 2026, 10:00 am

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