‘A case against factionalism: why the party should elect independents to the NEC’
The Labour national executive committee election is billed as an annual confrontation between Labour to Win (centre-right) and…
Nick Palmer
‘Here’s how Labour can beat the Lib Dem bar charts – and win seats in new areas’
One of the effects of Labour’s strong lead in the polls is that many seats have become winnable…
What should Keir Starmer do next?
The leadership election was the most harmonious in living memory, moving from the amicable to the positively soporific.…
How Labour can stop no deal
The Tory strategy is now fairly clear: Make the EU an offer they can’t accept. (“Scrap the backstop…
How Labour can win a parliamentary consensus – and then an election
Start with some broadly agreed facts. Theresa May’s deal is dead. A ‘no deal’ Brexit would be a…
Are there 40 Labour MPs ready to save May’s Brexit deal?
Most of the attention so far has focused on Theresa May’s difficulties in getting her cabinet and parliamentary…
Nick Palmer: Nail economic competence and then show we can deliver a serious socialist government led by Corbyn
Most of the recent commentary has, for obvious reasons, focused on Theresa May and the Tory soap opera.…
Nick Palmer: Fox hunting is just one part of May’s disastrous animal welfare failure
I’m a former Labour MP but for the last seven years I’ve been focused on animal protection campaigning,…
Nick Palmer: Why Corbyn’s critics need the McDonnell amendment
As regular readers know, I’m a former Blair-era centrist MP who supported Jeremy Corbyn at the leadership elections:…
Forget the soap opera, let’s get back to policy, starting with animal welfare
With Labour conference in full swing, one of the traps we need to beware of is treating politics…
