The fault line on Europe must indeed be with the Tories, not with British membership
In all of the media coverage since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader, the Tory Eurosceptic press have…
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This is shaping up to be a radically different Scottish Conference
Scottish Labour will meet at conference in Perth at the end of October on the back of a huge…
Circuses and skillsets
I offer you this extended metaphor: There was once an incredibly famous trapeze artist. Let’s call him “The…
Appointing a new Shadow Cabinet: How did Jeremy Corbyn do?
One job – appointing a new Shadow Cabinet – was actually four very delicate tasks. Jeremy Corbyn had…
Why 2015 isn’t 1981
It may be a strange and even counter-intuitive thought, but could major benefices of Jeremy Corbyn’s win be…
PMQs Verdict: It was more inclusive, but was it as effective?
It was certainly different, but was it any good? Jeremy Corbyn told Sky News this morning that his…
Labour, Wales and Ukip: What may come in 2016
By Matthew Goodwin and Caitlin Milazzo According to Sir Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union, Jeremy Corbyn’s…
The changes to tax credits are neither economically sensible nor socially defensible
The changes to tax credits announced by the Chancellor in the budget and before Parliament today are neither…
A woman’s place
With 16 women to 15 men in Labour’s new Shadow Cabinet, yesterday should have been a day that…
Down-ticket, things are not quite so rosy for the Labour left
Jeremy Corbyn’s victory turned out to be on an extraordinary scale – 59.5% of the vote. His political…
