A day in the race: 9th June
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Labour Party now has its final five leadership candidates – and it’s…
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New Statesman debate: Live blog
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 MY own verdict, as I’ve tweeted it, is: “Abbott & Ed M favourites…
Nominations close: Labour reaction
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Surging from only eleven nominations this morning, Diane Abbot has been nominated. Abbott’s…
PMQs Live blog: June 9th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: David Cameron confirms that “the flag of St George will fly above…
John McDonnell withdraws from the race to help Abbott
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Diane Abbott has secured the nominations of 33 Labour MPs, and along…
Ed Miliband: The gap between rich and poor matters morally
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Ed Miliband has pledged to keep the 50p top rate of tax on…
New Labour “dried up and gave up”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Neal Lawson’s powerful pitch in the Guardian today that Labour can still create…
A day in the race: June 8th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Today was a relatively quiet day in the leadership race as candidates concentrated…
Coalition plans “risk choking off recovery”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Speaking today in Parliament, shadow chancellor Alistair Darling said that government plans run…
Five Labour MPs in race for deputy speakership
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Congratulations to Dawn Primarolo and Lindsay Hoyle, who have both been elected,…
