‘Tactical voting helped Labour to win, but it can’t rely on it for victory in 2029’
Tactical voting played a crucial role in the 2024 general election, but with politics becoming even more volatile,…
Christabel Cooper
Labour Together’s election review: ‘Labour can only rebuild trust in politics through realistic ambition’
The introduction of Labour Together’s review into the general election contains the memorable phrase: “This Labour government has been cautiously hired, on…
Local elections: ‘The right split vote is more damaging than left splits’
Local elections are drawn-out affairs. Unlike in a general election where the result is known by the morning,…
‘Mid Beds and Tamworth show Labour can win the seats needed to take power’
Thirteen weeks ago, another set of by-elections gave a mixed bag of results that some commentators seized on…
‘Young men are turning to the right. Labour must deliver on their needs’
Across the developed world, young men are turning rightwards. A troubling survey of young Poles aged 18 to…
‘Uxbridge was an aberration – our Selby win points to potential Tory wipeout’
Last Thursday’s by-election in Selby and Ainsty, where Labour overturned a majority of over 20,000, was an utterly devastating defeat…
‘Labour should worry more about polls narrowing than polls being wrong’
In January of this year, Labour’s average lead over the Conservatives stood at 22 points, the highest level…
Labour’s pitch to these two key voter groups will be crucial to election victory
It has been a favourable few weeks for Rishi Sunak. He’s even managed to get through a Budget without…
Labour must hold the government to account for gambling with lives and jobs
After months of closure, pubs and restaurants opened their doors on July 4th following the earlier reopening of…
There is hope to be found in the reasons for Labour’s 2019 defeat
It is far too early to say what politics will look like after the huge changes we are…
