A very Labour coup
After months of lost political capital, MPs calling for him to stand aside and his authority draining away,…
Analysis
Sadness, honesty, and hope: Farewell Keir Starmer
As Keir Starmer sets out the timetable for him to step down as Prime Minister there will be…
The end of the Keir show
As so often happens, sending the morning email means we can be victims of timing. Before sitting down…
Manchesterism, Manchester and Andy Burnham
In a new Sky documentary, Sam Coates sheds new light on Andy Burnham’s time as the Mayor of…
This is not a normal by-election
I know from my inbox that Labour members have mixed views about whether or not, were he to…
Head North… to Makerfield
Makerfield. Never in my life has a constituency in the North West of England, less than an hours…
The far-right grows louder. So must we.
There are lots of reasons why I love Brighton, the city I’ve called home for my entire adult…
National security was meant to be Keir Starmer’s strength. Now it’s become a liability.
Cabinet resignations happen and are often painful affairs, but it is difficult to recall a resignation letter quite…
‘Ready to go?’
Politics is so often about balancing competing tensions. Often that means dealing with competing policy priorities. Policies that…
The political voice of the trade union movement
Yesterday’s news provided a timely reminder of something that should never be forgotten by the Labour Party. Union…
