Comment Labour needs a politics of earning and belonging “This is the dawn of a new era,” declared Boris Johnson an hour before Brexit. He has exploited… Jonathan Rutherford 10th February, 2020, 11:12 am
Comment Why Blue Labour is still relevant under Corbyn Sabrina Huck argued in a LabourList piece last week that the Corbyn movement is failing to develop a… Jonathan Rutherford 2nd April, 2019, 5:10 pm
Comment Labour must recover its traditions, not back another referendum The argument for a second referendum offers a tantalising promise of redemption from political chaos. But those in… Jonathan Rutherford 19th December, 2018, 8:49 am
Comment The long read: Labour leavers and remainers must make common cause against raw capitalism of the hard-right The Conservative government clings to office. It has no strategic view of the country’s future. It appears incapable… Jonathan Rutherford 3rd December, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment The long read: Labour can respond to Brexit by leading a popular politics that completes the shift away from Thatcherism Labour has passed from volatile crisis into New Year inertia. The party found itself left on the sideline… Jonathan Rutherford 12th February, 2017, 7:00 am
Comment The long read: We need a political centre ground within Labour before we can build a Labour coalition in the country English socialism Labour is sinking in the polls. There is still some way to go before we hit… Jonathan Rutherford 30th October, 2016, 8:00 am
Comment Labour was the party of the union. Now Corbyn needs to admit Labour’s future is federal The history of the Labour Party is the history of the union. It was created in its current… Jonathan Rutherford 5th February, 2016, 9:40 am
Comment What does Labour stand for when it is no longer the party of the working class? Despite the claims to radicalism of Labour’s new leadership it is avoiding the one big question confronting it… Jonathan Rutherford 16th December, 2015, 7:28 am
Comment The Eighteenth Brumaire of Jeremy Corbyn It has been an extraordinary time for the Labour Party. After a second shattering electoral defeat Labour’s world… Jonathan Rutherford 6th November, 2015, 9:41 am
Comment Labour is pursuing a 25% strategy. Only the soft left can build a winning coalition It is little more than a month since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. The summer of hope is… Jonathan Rutherford 15th October, 2015, 8:40 am