Crunch time in the deputy leadership race – who will make the ballot?
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Conor Pope
Leadership nominations – what do they tell us about the candidates?
He left it late, but he managed it – Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot after a late…
PMQs verdict: Cameron can’t win with the Punch and Judy politics, but can anyone?
New leaders often pledge to end the “Punch and Judy politics” of Prime Minister’s Questions; even David Cameron…
The progressive majority myth is over – you need Tory votes to win
“The public is never wrong. We lose elections because we deserve to.” Just as mass each Sunday begins…
The last thing Labour needs is a two year interim leader
When Ed Miliband’s leadership faced a wobble last Autumn (or, at least, at the wobbliest bit of his…
How will the leadership election work?
The leadership election, triggered by Ed Miliband’s resignation today, will happen under the rules agreed by the 2014…
How bad will Thursday be for Scottish Labour?
In a two-option referendum, 45 per cent is a resounding defeat. In proportional representation, it’s a very good…
Now we know: the Tories really will just say anything to get Cameron back into Downing Street
On April 9th, Tory Defence Secretary Michael Fallon made the most unpleasant intervention of the election campaign. In…
The latest Ashcroft poll of Scottish seats is more than a mere earthquake – it’s a cataclysm
If previous Ashcroft constituency polling in Scotland could be described as an earthquake, the poll the Tory peer…
5 things we’ve learned about Labour’s “War Room”
The Guardian’s Patrick Wintour has an interesting look inside Labour’s campaign war room today, revealing the layout of…
