A day in the race: 9th June
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Labour Party now has its final five leadership candidates – and it’s…
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New Statesman debate: Live blog
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 MY own verdict, as I’ve tweeted it, is: “Abbott & Ed M favourites…
Why I’m standing to be the Labour candidate for Tower Hamlets’ first elected mayor
By Rosna Mortuza Most of you will know Tower Hamlets as a celebrated melting pot of history, culture…
Nominations close: Labour reaction
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Surging from only eleven nominations this morning, Diane Abbot has been nominated. Abbott’s…
The end of nominations is just the beginning of the debate on the future of our party
By Stella Creasy MP / @StellaCreasy The process by which we select the next Labour leader is far…
PMQs Live blog: June 9th
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: David Cameron confirms that “the flag of St George will fly above…
McDonnell: We’ve shot ourselves in the foot – we won’t have genuine debate
John McDonnell withdraws from the race to help Abbott
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Diane Abbott has secured the nominations of 33 Labour MPs, and along…
Ed Miliband: The gap between rich and poor matters morally
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Ed Miliband has pledged to keep the 50p top rate of tax on…
New Labour “dried up and gave up”
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Neal Lawson’s powerful pitch in the Guardian today that Labour can still create…
