You can’t replace the experiences of millions of workers with ‘aspirational politics’
Over my long life I have been many things: As a lad I was a child labourer who…
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Attention please: there’s too much politics in our leadership contest
This is going to sound like a weird thing to say but bear with me: There’s too much…
Understanding the election result: we mustn’t overdramatise the facts or oversimplify the answers
“Labour’s era may now be over and perhaps it is time for something new”, wrote one commentator in…
The person I want to vote for has a vision of what Labour is working for, not just what we’re working against
I want to vote for the person who doesn’t just focus on what we’re working against, but has…
Unite believes in fighting the battle of ideas
Richard Angell recalls the moves a couple of years ago to have Progress, the organisation he directs, excluded…
The problem for Labour isn’t toxicity, it’s credibility
Polly Toynbee writes today that it would be a mistake for the next Labour leader to ditch the party’s most…
Has the politics of aspiration fallen at the first hurdle?
In the fortnight after May 8 the word aspiration quickly became Labour Party shorthand for tapping into voters…
Progressives want to mend, not end, the link
Last week, I – and 2,000 others – were followed by a new Twitter account, Break the Link.…
Labour’s problem: a great political product is one thing – selling it is another
Once Labour has a product something the majority want, we think, we’re in with a chance. They lost…
Let’s close the skills gap
This summer thousands of young people will leave school without the skills or qualifications they need to find…
