Lessons for a Labour landslide in the Conservative catastrophe of 1997
In nature, landslides are caused by disturbances in stability. Whether through the heavy rains of the cost-of-living crisis…
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Neither Sunak nor Truss inspire optimism for the future of the Senedd
It has felt like a longer summer recess than normal, which probably hasn’t been helped by what at…
A new wave of co-operatives is needed to help workers through the current crisis
LBC’s James O’Brien recently interviewed RMT general secretary Mick Lynch on his Full Disclosure podcast. Lynch said something…
The Tories must not be allowed to pass off business as usual as ‘levelling up’
As an ex-council leader, I try to keep out of the day-to-day commentary of the organisation I used…
Tudor Evans: Why I am standing to be a local government rep on Labour’s NEC
In the last budget of the last Labour government, in 2010, Plymouth City Council received £106m in revenue…
Labour must wake up and change the way it campaigns, or continue losing
In 2015, I faced a new Tory candidate who presented himself in my constituency less than a year…
Drug-related deaths in Scotland lie squarely at the feet of Nicola Sturgeon
Following on from Jay Jackson’s piece for LabourList, in response to England’s latest deaths by drug poisoning data,…
Proportional representation is not the answer to Labour’s electoral woes
There are an increasing number of voices on the left and the fringes of British politics advocating for…
Review: Labour’s Civil Wars by Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice
The Forde Report’s been published, the national executive committee (NEC) ballots are dropping, and Sam Tarry is off…
Extract: How construction workers use a Facebook group to set their own terms
“If you try to underpay you just get annihilated in the comments. You have to delete the post”…
