General election: How does Labour select last-minute candidates in non-battlegrounds and retirement seats?
How does Labour select candidates once a general election is called? The General Election is in six weeks.…
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‘Nervous energy’: Day one mood on wet Labour doorstep in London target
A little over an hour after Rishi Sunak’s sodden general election announcement, I arrive at the door of…
General election 2024: Read first Keir Starmer speech and key messages of Labour campaign to ‘turn the page’
Tonight the Prime Minister has finally announced the next General Election. A moment the country needs –…
General election 2024: ‘Ignore the polls, this election is far from won’
The first thing that will be said about this election is that a Labour victory is already in…
General election: ‘Why Khan’s win shows climate must be key to our campaign’
Britain, as a whole, isn’t like London – a densely populated multicultural metropolis of nine million people. But…
‘Voters don’t know Labour’s plans on the cost of living. A clearer offer is needed’
The general election will be a cost-of-living election. But ask most voters what any of the major parties…
‘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…
‘Why Starmerism isn’t Blairism – and restoring pride in towns is its key test’
Since the excellent local election results, there’s been a renewed effort by the fourth estate to try –…
Read Keir Starmer’s speech launching Labour’s ‘core retail offer’ for voters
Thank you all for that welcome. I don’t know about you, but I found those stories, whether it’s…
‘Starmer’s speech was a full-on embrace of New Labour, even down to the pledge card’
Anyone who was hoping for a repudiation of New Labour in today’s speech by Keir Starmer will be…
