10 reasons why the council elections are the ones to follow closest this May
Labour faces a number of electoral tests in May. I believe the most critical one organisationally and politically…
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Councils around the country show just what Labour can achieve in power
Now that we’re just over half way through what will hopefully be no more than ten years of opposition,…
Today’s Defence Questions showed how hard Emily Thornberry’s job will be
Emily Thornberry is a competent Commons performer. Her questions are clear and precise and, in her first Defence…
Progressive and internationalist Labour policy – this is what I’ll be looking for from our Defence review
As a party, the safety and security of the British people must always be our first priority. And…
Here’s a Labour plan for the economy I believe we can win with
Great Britain is a country of enormous potential. British workers, innovators and entrepreneurs lead the world – from…
Can Labour ever win again in Scotland?
Baroness Helena Kennedy chaired this week’s meeting of Labour for the Common Good group in Parliament – this…
A beginner’s guide to the Boundary Review
2016 may be a year of political surprises but one event is certain. In the autumn (and probably…
Hard choices are hard – the politics of Labour’s Trident battle
I’m sometimes asked why I write so scathingly on occasion of Labour and the left. Why I can’t just…
The half million or the nine million?
Labour has a mountain to climb to win a majority in 2020. On Saturday, at the Fabian New…
Now is the time to make the case for a progressive Europe
Last week, Jeremy Corbyn appointed Pat Glass as Labour’s new Shadow Europe Minister, who has been the co-chair of…
