The Labour Party: A machine or a movement?
How has the average Labour MP viewed the party’s members or supporters in the past? As foot soldiers…
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Labour mustn’t take Black and Asian voters for granted
The lessons for the Labour Party from the 2015 general election are myriad but one we ignore at…
Leadership candidates: please think before you talk tough on benefits
I have a lot of time for Andy Burnham. He’s from Liverpool, I’m from Liverpool. He supports Everton,…
PMQs verdict: Cameron can’t win with the Punch and Judy politics, but can anyone?
New leaders often pledge to end the “Punch and Judy politics” of Prime Minister’s Questions; even David Cameron…
We failed to defeat the Tories because the left has stopped understanding the public
When the exit-poll predictions came out on election night, now just a month ago, they felt like a…
Dear Ed: an open letter of congratulations to Ed Miliband
Dear Ed, You have earned our congratulations on many grounds. Congratulations on having led Labour so much more…
We can’t ignore the unjust practice of blacklisting
Our lives our defined by our work, the communities we come from and our most strongly held values…
Why Jeremy Corbyn should be on the leadership ballot
Today MPs will start to formally nominate candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Thus…
Labour needs another Clause IV moment
This article is written by Luke Cresswell and Ian Pointon Though a leadership election is under way, what Labour…
So the government is privatising Royal Mail. Again.
Last week, George Osborne decided to sell off the remaining 30% of Royal Mail that still belongs to…
