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
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…
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…
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…
After the crash: Re-inventing the left in Britain
By Jonathan Rutherford Since 1945, Labour has been the principle electoral vehicle for Britain’s progressive aspirations, but it…
Everything to play for – introducing a day of Soundings thinking on LabourList
By Jonathan Rutherford We are living in an extraordinary crisis of liberal market capitalism. This historical moment belongs…
Osbornomics: A public meeting
By Jonathan Rutherford In a speech three years ago this March, David Cameron claimed Margaret Thatcher’s economic revolution…
