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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On Friday morning, I was at a breakfast with Peter Mandelson and about 15 bloggers (no women, incidentally - not one). The breakfast was, of course, put on to coincide with the launch of Mandelson's book, the…
By James Valentine Reading our candidates' leaflets and pronouncements you would hardly know that "abroad" exists. David Miliband and Andy Burnham's leaflets contain precisely nothing about foreign affairs, or the related issues of…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Today was (thankfully) a quieter day in the leadership race than yesterday. No union nominations, but plenty of media appearances - including an intriguing BBC interview. Tonight the candidates are at the…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft How much difference will trade union endorsements make in the Labour leadership? The truth is that nobody knows for sure. There is a tendency to overstate the influence of union executives in "delivering"…
By Richard Darlington The media are finally switching on to Labour's leadership campaign. This week the BBC is running a series of films by Laura Kuenssberg and the Today programme is following the Daily Politics by interviewing each…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk A quieter day in the leadership race, but still plenty to report. The candidates were at CWU hustings this afternoon, before heading to Slough for another hustings. Whilst the arguments in favour of a long…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk The excellent Paul Waugh reports an interesting, and new, bit of information from the Mandelson book. According to Mandelson, Gordon Brown approached David Miliband before the 2007 leadership election and…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Peter Mandelson reveals that Gordon Brown would have quit within a year if Labour won power. * Gary Younge says that New Labour era memoirs are the history of "little men". * Ministers decribed the party…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Last night the candidates were at the CSM hustings, where all five are reported to have refuted the notion that the Labour Leader "doesn't do god", as Alastair Campbell once said. Today the leadership race…
By Max Freedman Who was the last Labour woman to win a by-election? This should be an easy question to answer, as we know how committed the party has been to improving female representation in Parliament, as seen by the All-Women Shortlist…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Treasury estimates suggest that 1.3 million jobs will be lost over the next 5 years as a result of the "austerity budget". * "Think 1980s. Think Boys from the Black Stuff. Think a new lost generation."…
By Joe Caluori / @croslandite In 2007 when we started to lay the groundwork for Harriet's deputy leadership campaign, online communications were at the forefront of our planning. We knew that after ten years of New Labour in government…
