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There are moments in your political life when you have to pinch yourself. When John McDonnell, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor said he wanted the Party to have a conversation about a basic income it was one of them. And before you are tempted to…
At the weekend John McDonnell made a call for the party to support a shift to proportional representation. The case is now overwhelming. But can Labour make the leap to pluralism? If it doesn’t the spiral of decline will continue. Today…
So Compass holds a debate about the relevance, or not, of tactical voting in the run up May and straight away John Spellar MP and then Luke Akehurst are on to us. John accused us of calling on people ‘not to vote Labour”, Luke says we are…
Ed won't talk to Nicola. Nicola won't talk to David and neither will Natalie nor Leanne. Nick won't to Nigel but David might. Welcome to the playground of British politics in 2015. The mainstream politicians dress up as if they’re going to…
Britain no longer has a natural party of government. Yesterdays Ashcroft poll giving Labour and the Tories a combined vote share of 59% is an all time record low for the two main parties. In 1951 they secured 98% of the vote between them…
Sometimes the whole messy, complex and frustrating world of Labour politics gets boiled down to something simple. Beyond nuance, image strategy, tactics, symbolism and personality, there can just be a straight ‘yes’ or ‘no’, which defines…
Labour keeps making pretty big, pretty good policy announcements but the polls keep narrowing. What do we do? Ed Miliband has been on a roll and it’s been good to see. Rent caps, regulating advertising to children, tenants fees reformed and…
Last Saturday Labour wrote the final chapter of a book left without a conclusion for over 20 years. The crossing of the T’s and the dotting of the I’s of John Smiths party reforms were important unfinished business. But in the ensuing 25…
Do you remember when Jon Cruddas was appointed to run the Policy Review? I bet that from pretty much whatever wing or section of the party you feel is your home – it made you smile. That’s because Jon is a free, radical and clever thinker…
Hats off to Jon Cruddas and Mark Ferguson for a great One Nation week on LabourList. I think you have to wear a hat if it’s a proper One Nation! For the first time in a long time, since Ed’s conference speech, Labour has a prism through…
The launch of Liberal Left is to be welcomed. Anything that challenges the Centre-right voting block of the Coalition is clearly a good thing. Anything that helps develop centre-left relationships as an alterative now, tomorrow or in the…
By Neal Lawson and Gavin Hayes Parliament is back but for Labour and the wider centre-left it feels like nothing has really changed. Certainly the opinion polls haven't. Labour urgently needs to change the game and in this context its own…
