Pick of the week – our top 5 posts from the last 7 days

This week on LabourList, Mark took over the reins from Jon Cruddas after his Guest Edit last week. Since then we’ve had Thatcher, Lord Ashcroft – and lessons to be learned from some tough elections. And 5 things you might expect to see from Labour in the years ahead…

Here are out top five most popular posts from the last week:

1. Miliband compares himself to Thatcher – always a comparison that’s likely to inflame passions in the Labour Party…

2. Lord Ashcroft has crystallised Labour’s big dilemma – Mark Ferguson on a bit of polling that that will leave party strategists scracthing their heads.

3. 5 things we’ve learned about One Nation and Labour’s next manifesto – when Jon Cruddas was editing LabourList – did he leave any clues as to Labour’s future policy agenda?

4. 10 lessons for Labour from the PCC elections – David Prescott – fresh from the campaign in Humberside – gave his take on how we can learn from some tough elections.

5. “Respect Yourself” – Is this leaflet part of a dirty tricks campaign in Rotherham? – just like in Bradford, a dubious leaflet attacking Labour is circulating…