Polling guru Sir John Curtice warns Labour victory in 2029 not guaranteed
Sir John Curtice has warned Labour that the result of the next election is not set in stone amid a much more volatile political climate and anti-government sentiment.
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‘Brittle Britain or bold Britain. Keir Starmer’s first conference speech as PM offers the country choices.’
Many were expecting the first Labour Party Conference as the party of government in 15 years to be a jubilant, celebratory, affair.
‘Five lessons the UK can learn from America in pursuit of clean energy’
Keir Starmer was elected in July on a bold platform to make the UK a clean energy superpower by 2030.
A decade on from indyref, where does support for Scottish independence stand?
A decade on from a referendum which split Scotland in half, the question around independence continues to divide the nation. It was ten years ago today that Scots rejected the proposal to break away from the United Kingdom in a close-run…
‘Britain’s first conspiracy theory riots won’t be our last’
“Mother who took her child to a riot in a pushchair pleads guilty to violent disorder”. Rioters had gathered outside a Manchester hotel housing asylum seekers, chanting ‘save our kids’. The headline almost defies explanation: if you were…
‘As David Evans stands down, how is Labour choosing its next general secretary?’
The Labour Party General Secretary is appointed by the National Executive Committee. As a member of the NEC, I took part in the processes to select Jenny Formby and David Evans, under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer. The…
‘Renewing while in office: Welsh Labour begins the search for fresh Clear Red Water’
Eluned Morgan’s arrival as leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister comes at a time of a great deal of soul searching in Welsh politics.
‘AfD: What lessons should Labour draw from far-right success in Germany?’
Elections in two states in eastern Germany, Thuringia and Saxony provided results which pose a huge challenge to Labour’s sister party, the social democratic SPD of chancellor Olaf Scholz, but also raise important wider questions.
‘They don’t always get what they wish for: A history of how Labour elects its leaders – and when reform goes wrong’
We are now in the season before conference, when ideas are floated to test support before delegates gather. This annual ritual always throws up both serious and speculative ideas, and this year already there is a big one: whether to elect…
2024 US election: ‘Is Harrismania a honeymoon, or can she really win?’
The Democratic convention in Chicago proved to be a gathering in the great revivalist tradition of America with thousands of the party’s political representatives, delegates, supporters and stars converging to proclaim and celebrate their…
Keir Starmer speech: Five things it tells us about Labour’s plans and its fears
Keir Starmer has made one of his biggest speeches yet as Prime Minister, addressing the nation from Downing Street with a new "fixing the foundations" slogan on his lectern. LabourList has a minute-by-minute piece on the speech and reaction…
‘The Chicago DNC shows how centre-left politics can be fun, diverse and dynamic’
'The real takeaway is the sense that centre-left politics can be fun, diverse and dynamic is something we need to re-find,' Tom Collinge says of the Chicago DNC.