Neal Lawson: The era of two party politics is over – Labour should have a done a deal with the Lib Dems in Richmond Park
On Saturday, Labour members in Richmond Park selected Christian Wolmar as their candidate for the by-election on December…
Neal Lawson
Neal Lawson: Corbyn is wrong – we must not rule out a deal with the SNP
It has been reported that during his visit to Scotland this week Jeremy Corbyn will rule out a progressive…
Neal Lawson: Labour is stuck but the people who want to leap to a new politics are scattered across the party
Dear Labour, B.B. (Before Brexit), I started writing constructively critical letters to other progressive parties; the Greens, the…
Neal Lawson: Labour must back the universal basic income and use it as a springboard to power
There are moments in your political life when you have to pinch yourself. When John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor…
Neal Lawson: It’s time for Labour to give up on tribalism and embrace PR
At the weekend John McDonnell made a call for the party to support a shift to proportional…
Tactical voting: unless we are an open tribe, we will die
So Compass holds a debate about the relevance, or not, of tactical voting in the run up May…
It’s good to talk
Ed won’t talk to Nicola. Nicola won’t talk to David and neither will Natalie nor Leanne. Nick won’t…
Labour must embrace Proportional Representation
Britain no longer has a natural party of government. Yesterdays Ashcroft poll giving Labour and the Tories a…
Should trains be owned by the public? The answer will define Labour
Sometimes the whole messy, complex and frustrating world of Labour politics gets boiled down to something simple. Beyond…
What Miliband is doing is welcome and necessary – but it is not yet sufficient
Labour keeps making pretty big, pretty good policy announcements but the polls keep narrowing. What do we do?…
