Columnist ‘Kamala Harris’ honeymoon will be brief – the challenges facing her are huge’ With all potential rivals declaring their support for her nomination within hours of Joe Biden’s dramatic announcement on… Ed Owen 23rd July, 2024, 12:43 pm
Columnist ‘Whatever happens to Joe Biden, Keir Starmer faces an American challenge’ This Thursday, Americans across the country will be enjoying Independence Day with fireworks, barbecues and parties. We can… Ed Owen 3rd July, 2024, 2:23 pm
Columnist ‘Why Keir Starmer will need a new identity politics of his own to keep Labour’s winning coalition together’ British voters rarely change their governments at election time. It has happened only three times – 1979, 1997… Sunder Katwala 28th June, 2024, 5:00 pm
Columnist ‘Victory will be short-lived unless Labour fixes broken services with proper funding and public ownership’ The country is broken. NHS waiting lists spiralling out of control. Energy bills rising so fast they’ve sparked… Cat Hobbs 14th June, 2024, 5:30 pm
Columnist Labour Party manifesto 2024: The Clause V meeting that signs off final document With the general election almost a month away, Labour staff are working hard behind the scenes to finalise… Alice Perry 1st June, 2024, 2:00 pm
Columnist ‘Why Labour is right to hedge its bets on the US elections’ It’s now just six months before Americans go to the polls to choose their next President. But predicting the election outcome… Ed Owen 18th May, 2024, 8:30 am
Columnist ‘Braverman’s call to scrap two-child cap rings alarm bells for Labour in power’ Over the weekend, Suella Braverman – one of the most right-wing MPs in the Conservative Party – dropped… Alex Charilaou 15th May, 2024, 10:14 am
Columnist ‘Securonomics, Heevesianism… why you won’t find Labour’s vision in buzzwords’ Thirty years ago, Gordon Brown was being ridiculed for his reference to “Post Neo-Classical Endogenous Growth Theory” –… Aveek Bhattacharya 14th May, 2024, 2:32 pm
Columnist ‘The locals underlined the weaknesses of the mayoral model. But Labour can fix it’ Eight weeks ago, I warned of “huge embarrassment” if the party did not sweep the mayoral board. Richard Parker’s… John Denham 13th May, 2024, 7:30 am
Columnist Local elections: ‘The right split vote is more damaging than left splits’ Local elections are drawn-out affairs. Unlike in a general election where the result is known by the morning,… Christabel Cooper 3rd May, 2024, 1:17 pm