‘Why Keir Starmer will need a new identity politics of his own to keep Labour’s winning coalition together’
British voters rarely change their governments at election time. It has happened only three times – 1979, 1997…
Sunder Katwala
‘Starmer leads Sunak on immigration, but the real challenge comes in power’
It is much easier to be Keir Starmer than Rishi Sunak when it comes to the campaign politics…
‘The next government must do more to define and tackle anti-Muslim prejudice’
Government ministers were reluctant to spell out why it was “wrong” for Lee Anderson MP to say that…
‘Rochdale deserved better – here’s what Labour must learn from this sorry saga’
Councillor Azhar Ali had described his comments about Israel deliberately allowing the October 7th massacre to happen as…
‘How should Labour answer the immigration numbers question?’
Does Labour think that immigration to Britain should be lower? The party found the question hard to answer…
Rwanda: ‘Labour can persuade voters of alternatives, but it needs to get heard’
Did the Supreme Court do Rishi Sunak a favour in its judgment on his Rwanda plan? The Prime…
‘You can be pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. Labour should revive that idea’
LabourList has run a series of pieces offering different views on the conflict in Israel and Palestine, its…
‘Labour prepared for power at its conference; the Tories for opposition’
Keir Starmer is a politician probably more suited to governing than campaigning. Yet the confidence and unity of…
‘To rebuild trust, Labour’s asylum policy must combine control and compassion’
Immigration had played particularly well in the tabloid press and had “more potential to hurt”. That was Andrew…
‘Labour must get stuck into culture wars by healing divides, not ignoring them’
How do you call off a culture war? Most of us can easily think of some political and…
