Luke Akehurst: McDonnell should forget about claims of a “soft coup” against Corbyn and focus on the Budget
Bemusement, bafflement, despair and laughter. These have been common reactions to the recent antics of our shadow chancellor…
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Luke Akehurst: Momentum clutch at straws for an explanation of Copeland – when the fault lies with them
It was fascinating to read the litany of excuses for the Copeland by-election defeat put forward by Momentum’s…
Luke Akehurst: Labour needs a leader who can win back the voters lost since 2005
Something is going on in the Labour Party and it isn’t on the moderate wing of the party.…
Luke Akehurst: After May outlined her dystopian fantasy, Labour should look to the example of Attlee and Wilson
In confronting the two great foreign policy challenges facing the UK, Labour needs to draw inspiration from the…
Luke Akehurst: The darkest hour comes before dawn – Labour’s best days electorally can still be ahead of it
I’ve been here before. That point where everything looks politically hopeless and people start to mutter about having…
Luke Akehurst: The blunt truth – Labour’s vote has fallen in most parts of Britain
At the end of September and in March this year and December 2015 I reviewed Labour’ s performance in local council…
Luke Akehurst: The threats facing Labour are worse than in the 80s but the party’s centre-left is in a better state
Things are worse for Labour than in the early 1980s is the lament from many on social media.…
Luke Akehurst: We should be disgusted when our comrades whitewash Castro’s labour camps, torture and firing squads
The eulogising of Fidel Castro by some members of the Labour Party – some of them very senior…
Luke Akehurst: Clinton’s fate shows Labour the danger of ignoring white working class voters
When I first started following US elections in 1988, pretty much the most reliable states of the not…
Luke Akehurst: Talk of a “progressive alliance” is borne out of a premature despair Labour can ever win again by itself
I’m bemused by the sudden resurgence of interest in the notion of a “progressive alliance” – a deal…
