How Putney Labour won in Tory suburbia
“A bright light on a dark night.” Those were the words of Fleur Anderson, the new Labour MP…
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Labour’s next leader must offer both radicalism and credibility
Labour has suffered an electoral defeat so large it calls into question our very existence. The task of…
Why Thornberry is putting Corbyn’s advisers at the centre of her pitch
Emily Thornberry has become the first of the runners and riders to publicly confirm a bid for the Labour…
Lessons from campaigning in the Labour heartland seat of Barnsley
Barnsley is often used as an example of a ‘Labour heartland’ seat. Our party was once woven into…
Labour’s Welsh election: Brexit, health services and lies about Corbyn
Labour had a bad Welsh election. In south Wales, the party held onto the two 2017 gains –…
Get ready for an all-out fight to protect our workers’ rights
The words of songwriter Joe Hill “don’t mourn, organise” may have been used countless times in these last…
Can the son of a toolmaker succeed as the son of a bus driver did?
The first parliamentary party meeting following that disastrous election result was always going to be a difficult one…
Tory class of 2019: The not so good, the bad, and the ugly
109 Conservatives are being newly sworn in as MPs this week. These are the candidates who helped to…
As a Leave seat MP, here’s my view on what Labour should learn
Like many members, I have been in a fog of disappointment for the last few days. Friends and…
Labour must do this period of reflection properly, not rush to a solution
The reality of the outcome of the 2019 general election has been a sledgehammer to the gut of…
