Comment Time for a reality check: Labour is plunging to historic lows Monday’s ICM opinion poll showing the Tory lead going up to 5 per cent over Labour (with the… Luke Akehurst 19th April, 2016, 9:15 am
Comment Luke Akehurst: Labour has always confronted the racists – so we must stamp out antisemitism There have now been half a dozen national news stories about Labour Party members, including two councillors and… Luke Akehurst 12th April, 2016, 12:40 pm
Comment Labour’s road to recovery must run through south-east England For the first time since last year’s General Election it feels like there is a shared sense across… Luke Akehurst 5th April, 2016, 2:42 pm
Comment What is a good result for Labour in May? All you need to know… In the run up to every set of May elections when there isn’t a General Election I write… Luke Akehurst 24th March, 2016, 7:00 am
Comment Here are some of the rule changes Labour Conference could debate this year Long before Momentum was created, the organising hub for the hard left was the venerable Campaign for Labour… Luke Akehurst 15th March, 2016, 9:01 am
Comment What should Labour be aiming for in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections? Until Shadow Communities Secretary Jon Trickett mentioned it on Monday, very few people had clocked that although there… Luke Akehurst 9th March, 2016, 9:26 am
Comment Forget the hype, here is the reality of Labour’s local election performance in the Corbyn era Back in December I compiled a review of all the local authority by-election results since Jeremy Corbyn’s election… Luke Akehurst 2nd March, 2016, 1:03 pm
Comment Why this referendum is making me angry I’m angry that there’s going to be a referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Angry on a personal level… Luke Akehurst 24th February, 2016, 9:04 am
Comment I want a Labour Party that doesn’t protest cuts, it reverses them On Saturday I went on a demo. I went into the middle of Oxford where I live, with… Luke Akehurst 16th February, 2016, 8:25 am
Comment This time, Labour councillors are the standard bearers for the ‘moderates’ The levels of discontent in the Parliamentary Labour Party are widely recorded, evidenced by accounts of PLP meetings… Luke Akehurst 9th February, 2016, 8:32 am