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Social media has never been a delightful place to engage in thoughtful and thought-provoking debate. But three moments in recent history have turned up the heat and turned out the hate speech: the Scottish independence referendum, Jeremy…
On Monday night I received the following message: "Valerie Vaz said that the Labour party [is] a antisemitic party, by implication she has labelled me antisemitic." It is worth saying that there was an unfortunate slip in Vaz’s remarks – it…
Staying in the single market and customs union is vital if Labour’s aim of a ‘jobs first Brexit’ is to be realised. You cannot have the former without all four freedoms of the European Union. But the way we currently implement freedom of…
Marriage Week celebrates commitment and reminds us that not everyone in the United Kingdom can get married. Marriage Week (7-14 February) has arrived and marriage equality is on the march. Australia, via an all-postal plebiscite, and…
"I got involved in politics to find the vaccine not put plasters on problems" says the fictional New Labour MP who is the central character in James Graham's latest play. Labour of Love stars Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig and starts with…
Australia’s public vote in favour of equal marriage is yet another painful reminder to the UK of just how out of touch the Democratic Unionist Party is with public opinion and how lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people continue to…
Local government keeping the money from any fines could increase compliance and fund important local services, argues Richard Angell. As the minimum wage settles into its 18th year, there are still employers who resist paying it. A 2016…
Almost two-thirds of LabourList readers, in their survey out this weekend, think Labour's Brexit policy over the past year has been Tory-lite, with insufficient differentiation from the government's. Labour rode both horses – ably – in the…
This is the full welcoming address speech given by Progress director Richard Angell at their annual conference. Welcome to Progress annual conference 2017. It is promises yet again to be the place of 'straight talking honest politics' with…
Theresa May's decision to break yet another promise and force Britain into a general election is less about bringing forward the 2020 vote and more about delaying the first post-Brexit poll. She knows she needs time at the other end of the…
John McDonnell toured the television and radio studios looking for someone to blame for the Labour vote falling 2.2 points in Stoke-on-Trent Central and a huge 6.7 points in Copeland – where Theresa May become the first prime minister since…
Gordon Aikman was propelled into the media when he was tragically diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 29 during the Scottish independence referendum. Gordon served as the No campaign's director of research when his hands…
