Ten years later, the political classes at last begin to move on
It was another bloody, horrible week for Syria. Imagine having your country’s future debated endlessly in the world’s…
Stefan Stern
The phoney war is over – last days of calm before the storm
If it weren’t so worrying it would be hilarious. Even Lynton Crosby, according to the Sunday Times, didn’t…
Reality versus the London media “bubble”
Perhaps the best end-of-term message came from President Obama, in an interview he gave to the New York…
There are 22 months to go, and Mr Miliband is still heading steadily for Downing Street
“It’s real leadership, this” – A.C.L. Blair 9.7.2013 It is tempting, since the Devil apparently lies in the…
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Leader
That’s it. Enough is enough. I try to be reasonable. But you can only push somebody so far.…
Zen and the art of leading the Labour party
As Napoleon so wisely said: “N’interrompez jamais un ennemi qui est en train de faire une erreur.”* True,…
The next watershed election
Tired? I am. The relentlessness of life, in a persistently sluggish economy – yet at a time of…
The day David Miliband lost the Labour Leadership
I’ll never forget the day David Miliband lost the Labour leadership. No, not the dramatic moment in Manchester…
A budget speech of a chancellor who is trapped
Well, that wasn’t terribly edifying, was it? I suppose we knew not to expect an exercise in humility…
Why 2015 will not be 1992
The tenth of April 1992 was a bleak, chilly day for Labour. Many – probably most – Labour…
