Luke Akehurst: The darkest hour comes before dawn – Labour’s best days electorally can still be ahead of it
I’ve been here before. That point where everything looks politically hopeless and people start to mutter about having…
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Coyne’s campaign is being scripted by the failed plotters in the PLP – Len McCluskey hits back in Unite contest
This is the full statement issued by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey in response to criticism by challenger…
It’s not in the interests of members that the general secretary should spend so much time playing politics – Unite challenger
This is the full statement issued today by Gerard Coyne, challenger for the post of Unite general secretary,…
Last year people took a risk and voted for change – in 2017 employers and politicians must hold their heads up and start to listen
This is the New Year message issued today by GMB general secretary Tim Roache. In generations to come,…
Andy Burnham: 2016 is over – It is time to let its rows and divisiveness die with it
If 2016 was the year of political earthquakes, then 2017 must be when the Left dusts itself down…
Tories’ Brexit gamble has given the SNP an excuse to resurrect its obsession with split – Kezia Dugdale’s New Year message
This is the New Year message published today by Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale. I want to wish…
I have spent 40 years taking on the establishment, now is the chance for change – Corbyn’s new year message
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s new year message, published today. I think it’s fair to…
Sixties are the new 40s, yes to free movement and no to a Blair comeback – what we learned from Corbyn’s interview
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of behaving like Henry VIII because of her refusal to commit to…
McDonnell is right – Labour has a crop of future leaders but Lewis catches my eye
I want to apply some Kremlinolgy to John McDonnell’s recent interview with the Eastern Daily Press, when he spoke…
Labour can win the Copeland by-election if it listens to voters on Brexit and makes the case for the vital role of migrant workers
Some commentators claim the Copeland by-election is already Theresa May’s to lose. Perhaps, but if we’ve learned anything in…
