“Miliband booed.” How many more times do we want to see that headline?
Yesterday Mark Ferguson suggested that it might be the time to bring Alastair Campbell back to Labour. He’s…
Rob Marchant
Why One Nation is a great attack strategy for Labour, and why that is not enough
Between Miliband’s speech last week and Cameron’s imminent one, there have been many pieces on Labour’s audacious, and…
Britain’s unions can be relevant again, but not by espousing fringe politics
As Peter Watt pointed out at the time of the TUC conference, its influence is declining for a…
Eight reasons why Labour should think twice about predistribution
Like many, I read Ed Miliband’s New Statesman interview with interest. Some parts of it pleased me greatly,…
Comment Is Free: eating the Guardian
Once upon a time, there was a left-wing newspaper. Its founder, C.P. Scott, clearly saw it as less…
Corby is a not just a by-election Labour ought to win: it is one it cannot afford to lose
The average reaction of most Labourites to last Monday’s news from Corby must surely have been: we never…
The new Cold War warms up in Iran
One thing I sometimes forget is that people born before, say, 1980, didn’t really grow up, like I…
Soothing factional politics within Labour: 9/10. Connecting with the public: 2/10
I’ll let you into a guilty secret: I’m a sucker for brass bands. As a Yorkshireman who grew…
No time for foolishness
The sabre-rattling about cutting donations to Labour Party funds. The attack on those frightening people at Progress who…
Why Tories should worry about David Cameron
I don’t hate Tories. I’m sorry if this is a terrible admission on the pages of LabourList, but…
