‘Still tangled? Rowenna Davis and the evolution of Blue Labour’
Rowenna Davis is one of two names on the shortlist to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of Croydon,…
Book review
What were the best political books Labour MPs read in 2024?
As Labour MPs take a break after a rollercoaster year from opposition to power, we’ve asked them for…
‘Taken As Red’: An insightful and thorough account of Labour’s election victory
The race to get the first book out on Starmer’s Labour party and its election triumph has been…
‘A Woman Like Me’: a likeable, eye-opening and candid insight into a Labour icon
Diane Abbott’s A Woman Like Me starts with a picture of the author as a toddler alongside her…
The Searchers by Andy Beckett: ‘A vivid profile of left MPs, down but not out’
Andy Beckett’s new book is, he writes in the introduction, “the story of a group of political explorers…
Cruddas book review: ‘Intriguing spin on party tradition, but a pamphlet would do’
Jon Cruddas has written a book. It’s titled A Century of Labour, and it aims to trace the…
Book review: The Men of 1924 by Peter Clark
The first Labour government, Ramsay MacDonald’s 1924 minority administration, took office 100 years ago this month. Labour’s collective…
Book review – All In: How We Build a Country That Works by Lisa Nandy MP
Why do MPs write books? Most books by MPs owe their existence to a combination of the following…
Book review: Is Socialism Possible in Britain? By Andrew Murray
With his most recent book, Is Socialism Possible in Britain, former Jeremy Corbyn advisor Andrew Murray has done fine…
Book review – Harold Wilson: The Winner by Nick Thomas-Symonds MP
Nick Thomas-Symonds’ new biography of Harold Wilson is titled The Winner, which should give you a fair idea of…
