Rip it up
The scale of Labour’s defeat last Thursday was catastrophic. In 2010 we suffered our second-worst defeat in a…
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A few weeks to save the Human Rights Act
We may only have a matter of weeks to save the Human Rights Act. Michael Gove is to…
It wasn’t what was in our manifesto that was the problem, it was what was missing
Well that was an unmitigated disaster. Last Thursday wasn’t the re-run of 1992 that some had feared, it…
Unity will only get us so far
Earlier today Harriet Harman reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet deck in the wake of last week’s electoral cataclysm. It…
Europe will tear the Tories apart – but it could bring our country together
We’ve suffered a crushing defeat. I expected many of the amazing candidates I campaigned for to be heading…
Renewing the Labour movement means winning yet another vote in two days time
In two days’ time members of the Co-operative Group will vote on whether to break the bond with the Co-operative Party, Labour’s…
It’s time for the shy Blairites
The Labour Party is in shock. Candidates and activists alike ended polling day on upbeat form. Our bubble…
Keeping our eye on the ball
We’ve all been shocked to see the Tories emerge from the Election with an outright majority, and rightly…
What were the electorate thinking?
‘Mood and self-delusion’ swayed the electorate, Neil Kinnock told us on Thursday night, reiterating his long-standing belief that…
Forward, not back
“History is written quickly, and pundits like to make out as if every result was inevitable,” wrote the Spectator’s editor…
