To get the best candidates, we need fair, dynamic and democratic selections
As Labour faces another northern by-election in Batley and Spen, there is an opportunity to do at least…
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The relaunch of Progress as ‘Progressive Britain’ with Policy Network
Progress is now Progressive Britain. The Labour organisation founded in 1996 to support Tony Blair’s leadership has relaunched…
The Ostrich tendency in the Labour leadership
Labour did not have a good set of May 6th elections, though there were positive results, especially in…
Policies show people what we want to change. Campaigns show how and why
We have now all had a week to absorb some relatively sobering results from the local, regional and…
How my campaign won the inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election
The campaign I set out to run when I decided to stand last year was a distant memory…
How we won West of England mayor – and what it means for Labour’s future
One of the bright spots of last week’s elections for Labour was the triumph of Dan Norris in…
Labour must marry up green ambitions with the economic needs of the country
‘Jobs, jobs, jobs’ seems to have become the 1997-esque Labour Party mantra of the Covid era. The economic…
Labour NEC member Howard Beckett of Unite suspended over Priti Patel tweet
Something brilliant happened in Glasgow yesterday. Protesters in Pollokshields, hundreds of local residents, surrounded an immigration enforcement van…
How unions made buses the big issue of the West Yorkshire mayoral election
When Tracy Brabin took the stand as her victory was announced in the Leeds Direct Arena on Sunday…
People want change, and it is the historic role of the Labour Party to deliver it
Tony Blair is right. Without a total change Labour will die. The problem is, the political tradition Blair…
