‘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…
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‘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…
Abortion decriminalisation vote: ‘Let’s protect women from Victorian laws’
This is one of two op-eds about Johnson’s proposed amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, which would prevent…
Abortion decriminalisation vote: ‘MPs must beware unintended consequences’
This is one of two op-eds about a proposed amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, which would prevent…
‘Braverman’s call to scrap two-child cap rings alarm bells for Labour in power’
Over the weekend, Suella Braverman – one of the most right-wing MPs in the Conservative Party – dropped…
‘Securonomics, Heevesianism… why you won’t find Labour’s vision in buzzwords’
Thirty years ago, Gordon Brown was being ridiculed for his reference to “Post Neo-Classical Endogenous Growth Theory” –…
‘The locals underlined the weaknesses of the mayoral model. But Labour can fix it’
Eight weeks ago, I warned of “huge embarrassment” if the party did not sweep the mayoral board. Richard Parker’s…
‘Labour can cement its Blue Wall gains by seizing the one-nation, moderate baton’
In so many senses, Labour has found itself in an unexpectedly positive position. From leading by 20-plus points…
