‘The politics of security – when ‘for the many’ politics becomes uncomfortable for Labour’
I will never forget something a Labour voter in a very safe Tory seat told me once soon…
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‘From signals to system change: we need practical reforms that could cut asylum backlogs and end hotel use’
How important is signalling in politics? The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday of “the most sweeping reforms to tackle…
‘Islamophobia is escalating while action stalls’
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month. This year it coincided with Zohran Mamdani’s historic election as New York’s first…
‘Our coalition is fracturing. We can rebuild it by making life affordable again’
We have lost around half of the voters who supported us last July. Voters are leaving us because…
‘Protest politics is failing London – Labour is not’
Somewhere in Lewisham this morning, a child woke up in temporary accommodation. They got ready for school in…
‘Bread, circuses, and polling errors: Are we truly measuring what matters?’
The most important part of the body politic is the stomach. The eyes can be distracted, the ears…
‘Smearing the membership is not the path to victory’
The BBC has once again found itself in the firing line this week after its editing of a…
U-turn if you want to…
This is an adapted version of my analysis from the LabourList email this morning. To receive our email…
Crime, welfare, abortion: Where could Reform threaten Labour next?
“Today is just the start of something very big indeed,” Nigel Farage declared this week as he unveiled…
‘The UK will never have a Mamdani moment’
It is the morning of 5th November. Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, and some…
