I’ll vote for a candidate who listens
I don’t know who I’m going to back for leader, but the person who’ll get my vote will…
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The Labour Party needs to transform into a 21st century social movement
The Labour Party commentariat is deep in its comfort zone. Since the 1980s they have viewed British party…
Lead the party, lead the country and lead for women
We have at least a 50% chance that the next leader of the Labour party is going to…
How did the candidates’ pitches come across on TV?
Andy Burnham Burnham played to his roots, emphasising that he could reconnect the party with much of its…
Labour’s leadership contest is all white, what does that say about a party that’s supposed to stand for equality?
Labour’s leader and deputy leader contests are both all-white. I am beyond disappointed; the party that champions equality…
PMQs verdict: Osborne clanger not enough to harm Chancellor’s ambitions
“We’re extremely relieved to see that there’s no Benn in the leadership contest, but plenty of Bennites! Now,…
Crunch time in the deputy leadership race – who will make the ballot?
This is an updated version of what appeared in this morning’s LabourList email. You can sign up to…
Why the left keeps crashing and burning, and what to do about it
Cast your mind five years back, to the summer of 2010, when 50,000 students descended on London to…
Under Liz Kendall, Labour can win in Nuneaton and across the country
Nuneaton is and always has been my home. It is where I went to school, where I work,…
These three hard truths are the key to Labour winning again
Though it pains me to say, the 2015 election results were a landmark. They prove definitively, once and…
