Alice Perry: Advice for those thinking about seeking Labour selection
Every year Labour needs thousands of talented, motivated people to represent their communities as local councillors. We also…
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‘The Bibby Stockholm barge is a crisis of the government’s own making – and it’s encouraging the far right’
The government’s ‘Small Boats Week’ began with the first asylum seekers boarding the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland,…
‘Labour can expect to win in Rutherglen. But there’s no such thing as a sure thing’
Nearly three years since Margaret Ferrier lost the SNP whip after a series of flagrant breaches of Covid…
‘From the flag to the white cliffs, Labour must embrace the symbols of Britain’
As the Labour Party, we find ourselves at a crucial juncture in our nation’s history. It is not…
‘Community hospitals are a lifeline for coastal areas. Labour must protect them’
This summer, campaigners in the Cornish seaside town of St Ives saved their community hospital. Three years after…
‘Labour must work with the Greens – or risk again splitting the progressive vote’
Despite a historic win in Selby, Labour couldn’t resist indulging in some characteristic self-flagellation over its ULEZ-induced defeat…
Best Labour leaders we never had: Anthony Crosland
It has to be said that Anthony Crosland, among the leading post-war revisionist social democrats in the British…
‘Starmerism is not a Blairite project. New Labour’s liberal quality is under threat’
In 1995, at a key moment in the creation of New Labour, Tony Blair gave a speech to…
‘Close working with Germany’s SPD hints at Labour’s future foreign policy aims’
It’s been a pretty desperate few years in relations between the UK and Germany, even though, of course,…
‘Dangerous Channel crossings must end. Unlike the Tories, Labour has a real plan’
The illegal migration bill has now gained royal assent. Make no mistake, it is a con. The Labour…
