‘There can be no sacred cows if we are to reconnect to win’
Unless we are willing to have no-holds-barred conversations with voters the left on both sides of the Atlantic will not win back trust.
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‘How we can build a strong political centre and centre-left’
Ed Owen and Josh Freed outline how to re-energise the centre and centre-left.
‘Starmer’s US trip was a diplomatic triumph, but many more challenges lie ahead’
Returning to London from Washington early this morning, Keir Starmer and his team were justifiably delighted at how their first trip to see President Trump in the White House had gone. It was a significant success that improves the standing…
‘The US sell-out of Ukraine can be Starmer’s moment to define the purpose of his government’
For many, this Labour government has lacked a defining vision, an overriding purpose for existing. Through events beyond its control it may well have found one – to rebuild Britain’s defence and security and, in doing so, redefine our…
‘Trump’s presidency is a brutal application of raw political power – but one we have to engage with’
No one can say they weren’t warned. Yet even seasoned politicos in Washington DC have been left stunned by the first weeks of the Trump Presidency and its brutal application of raw political power. It was Steve Bannon, the alt-right…
‘Trump’s inauguration heralds profound change for America and the world’
Donald Trump will today be sworn in as America’s 47th President inside the same Capitol Building violently stormed by his supporters just four years ago seeking to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. It marks a historic moment for…
‘US election post-mortem: What went wrong for Kamala Harris – and what happens next?’
There were tears shed, a crushing sense of disappointment and an outpouring of love among the thousands of Harris supporters gathered at Washington’s Howard University to hear its most famous former student formally concede defeat.
‘As Trump returns to the White House, the Western centre-left will need to do some soul searching’
It’s all over for Kamala Harris. The task for the Vice President to overhaul the leads Donald Trump has built in the blue wall swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin is now too great.
US election: ‘As midnight approaches in DC, the Democrats are growing nervous’
As expected it’s very close, too close to call. But any hope that the last few days was seeing a surge of support heading back to Kamala Harris has not materialised.
‘We have the momentum’: Kamala Harris makes final pitch as America goes to the polls
“We will win!” was Kamala Harris’s upbeat and confident rallying cry to her supporters at her final campaign stop on the eve of this historic, knife-edge election campaign.
‘This US election matters more than any in 80 years – the stakes could not be higher’
No one knows what its outcome will be. But the stakes for America, for Britain and for the world could not be higher.
‘Trump’s Labour row is faux outrage. It won’t hurt UK-US relations if he wins’
I’m not usually inclined to be too positive about the Trump Presidential election campaign. But I can only admire the brilliance of those that came up with the plan to exploit the story about Labour volunteers travelling to the US to…