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 MP
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…
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…
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…
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…
A 40% strategy is the only game in town. Now, how do we get there?
The different wings of the Labour Party have been so busy strategising about the internal affairs of the…
The policy-making power of the NPF must be protected
Today the Labour Party National Executive Committee will consider a report from the General Secretary on ‘NEC Terms…
10 reasons why the council elections are the ones to follow closest this May
Labour faces a number of electoral tests in May. I believe the most critical one organisationally and politically…
It feels like there are two Labour Parties – but not in the way you think
There seem to be two Labour Parties at the moment. There’s the rather pleasant one I am a…
Here are my 10 political New Year’s resolutions
My political New Year’s resolutions: 1) Campaign as hard as I can for our excellent local Labour council…
