“Speeches of a lifetime” must be given to the electorate, not stage-managed PLP meetings
By Conor McGinn / @conormcginn It’s been an awful time for politics in general and the Labour Party…
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News from the PLP meeting and Progress fourth term event
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 I’m about to go out to meet Anne Fairweather for tomorrow’s LabourList interview,…
We need more PES, not less PES
By Poul Nyrup Rasmussen While we await the final results of the European elections, it is obvious our…
Gordon Brown must be bored of being a punchbag by now
By Stephen Gummer Having campaigned in London and spoken with voters in Wales and in my home town…
The Presbyterian conscience: personality as politics
By Paul Halsall I find a 15% Labour vote on a 30% turnout just unbelievable. It means only…
In pain, and in need of some TLC
By Julian Ware-Lane It was a painful experience, a very painful experience. At the European election count in…
Frank Field: “Brownites are attempting to terrorise Labour MPs into inaction”
From @LabourList Labour MP Frank Field has just put the following statement on his website: Labour supporters claiming…
Why I’m joining Labour
Labour must lead the new ‘coalition of the willing’ and take on the BNP
By Mike Ion This is a sad morning for all those in Britain who believe in equality and…
Timeline Monday: Kennedy resigns over No 10 “smears against colleagues” UPDATE: Full list of comers and goers; UPDATE: Full Ministerial appointments
From @LabourList TODAY’S MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS: (The Queen has signified her intention of conferring a peerage on Glenys Kinnock.)…
