Loose talk about being more leftwing – is it justified?
There seems to be a lot of rather loose talk at the moment based around how much more…
Luke Akehurst
Progress and the GMB should be looking for ways to work together
I reacted to yesterday’s vote of condemnation of Progress at the GMB Conference, and the subsequent statement by…
What should Labour’s organisational priorities be?
For the first time since the Iraq War in 2003, Labour does not feel in crisis. Ever since…
What do these results mean for Labour in London?
The ward-level data for the London election came out today and is downloadable here. There’s loads of useful…
Election Scorecard 2012
As last year I’m following up my pre-election piece on what might constitute success (http://labourlist.org/2012/04/may-elections-ready-reckoner/) with a look…
The irresistible fall of Ken Livingstone
History repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce” (Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire…
10 top tips for a successful polling day
Wear comfortable shoes – you could be walking for up to 15 hours, them on your feet at…
Every government has bad times – but this feels worse…
There’s something vaguely reassuring about discovering that extreme combinations of adverse events immediately before elections don’t just happen…
Why Labour should stick with the “opt-out” for union members
As an ex-General Secretary of the Labour Party, Peter Watt is insightful and thoughtful on the challenge of…
I am still haunted by the ghosts of 1992
Like many geekier political folk I spent a lot of Easter Monday glued to the BBC Parliament channel…
