Unity begins at the top
With the Oldham West by-election victory and the natural hiatus of the Christmas break Jeremy Corbyn had the…
Luke Akehurst MP
The electoral challenge: How are Labour performing in by-elections since Corbyn became leader?
As it is near Christmas you will forgive me if I don’t contribute any carefully thought through prose…
Thinking of leaving Labour? Here’s 10 reasons you shouldn’t
The main story about Labour Party membership this year has been the huge influx of new members. But…
After Oldham, both Corbyn’s supporters and critics need to take a step back
Quite aside from being a wonderful result for the Labour Party in itself, the Oldham West and Royton…
A free vote was always the best Corbyn could have hoped for
There’s a great Smiths track called ‘I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish’. Actually, I think all Smiths and…
Online balloting of policy issues isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Jeremy Corbyn’s suggestion of “indicative online ballots on policy in between annual conferences” in his speech in Bristol…
We have to be taken seriously on security to get a hearing on everything else
As Labour discovered in the 1980s, national security is a baseline question voters look at before deciding whether…
Who the leader’s office appoints reflects the whole party
The party clearly doesn’t view the Andrew Fisher case as cut and dried. The reason why he has…
What did we learn from Scottish Labour’s Trident vote?
A lot of excitement has been generated about the Scottish Labour Conference deciding to vote against Trident replacement.…
Labour’s left have much to lose from entryism
There’s been a bit of a fuss in the press about the expulsion of four alleged members of…
