After May’s election failure, we need to hit the reset button on Brexit negotiations
A year after the vote and three months after invoking Article 50, David Davis has finally made his…
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The pattern is clear from Grenfell, working class voices are ignored – Corbyn’s speech in Parliament
This is the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s response to Theresa May’s statement on the Grenfell Tower disaster.…
I was wrong on Corbyn – and with a united team we can win a general election
How things have changed. Back in February 2015, I was standing shoulder to shoulder with Jeremy Corbyn during…
Corbyn’s taunts expose meagre Queen’s Speech offering from “interim” PM
What an odd day. But what a moment for Labour supporters to enjoy. Just a few months ago…
The Tories’ failed austerity project makes people deliberately worse off – Corbyn response to Queen’s Speech
This is Jeremy Corbyn’s full Commons response to the Queen’s Speech. By tradition at the beginning of each parliamentary…
Sudden focus on the DUP shows how Westminster politicians have neglected Northern Ireland for far too long
The result of the June 8 threw a Northern Irish party into the forefront of British politics – as…
Labour must hear cry of the referendum if it is to win back its lost working class vote
On June 24 last year, the day after the EU referendum, I suddenly found myself, along with many…
Luke Akehurst: From Attlee to Blair – Labour’s most successful leaders and where Corbyn might fit in
I have been blogging for 11 years so there are certain key posts I can update as history…
Christian Wolmar: Tower tragedy must mark a turning point for council cuts
The expression “historic moment” is overused but there is little doubt that we are living through one. It…
Labour won Tory seats with a stirring campaign – but danger lurks in the detail of both parties’ spending plans
General election 2017 (seats won compared with 2015): Conservatives: 318 (-13) Labour: 262 (+30) SNP: 35 (-21) Lib…
