The search for electability is much more than a principle-free hunt for votes
In recent months within Labour the statement “You’re only doing that to be electable”, or some variant, has…
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It feels like there are two Labour Parties – but not in the way you think
There seem to be two Labour Parties at the moment. There’s the rather pleasant one I am a…
We can no longer afford such a superficial engagement to community organising
The Labour Party has two fundamental problems. Well, it has many, but there’s two that relate to one…
Why I’m speaking up for the NHS bursary today
Today I’ll be speaking at a rally for student nurses, midwives and other healthcare students who face damaging…
Labour must remain an internationalist party
Like many Labour Party members, I was surprised and concerned this week to hear Ken Livingstone, the co-convenor of Labour’s…
Let’s remember the role Labour activists played in beating the BNP
The first time I ever voted, the BNP (remember them?) received just shy of a million votes, and…
Corbyn is right to seek loyalty. But he must also harness the full talents of his parliamentary party
So, the most unnecessarily long and protracted reshuffle in the Labour Party’s history might now have finally concluded.…
A Mexican standoff of vain stupidity
Are you kidding me? No seriously, are you having a laugh? Is this some sort of dare? A…
Corbyn demands loyalty as he finalises new Shadow Cabinet
We did not see the high profile departures from the Shadow Cabinet that we thought we might, but…
This was no “revenge reshuffle”
This is not, and was never going to be, a revenge reshuffle. It is not a contradiction of…
