‘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…
Sunder Katwala
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…
‘Labour can’t take ethnic minority votes for granted – it must find a voice on race’
Labour has won most Black and Asian votes in every general election for the last half century. But…
Labour’s core purpose is a patriotic one – and we must not be shy about it
No politician was ever chosen to govern a major democratic country without being at ease with its national…
Can Labour build its bridge on immigration?
Labour’s leadership candidates have found it easy to agree about immigration during this leadership contest. That reflects the…
Let’s talk about immigration – on Blunkett and Glasman
David Blunkett’s stark warning that the Labour Party needs to take care not to pander to xenophobia in…
