Hunkering down to a ‘left’ vs ‘right’ battle won’t help Labour win in 2020
By Louise Haigh MP and Wes Streeting MP 53 new Labour MPs were elected on May 7th; we’re two…
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Let’s make London the world’s greenest capital city
This weekend I was pleased to make the shortlist for Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. Major challenges face London…
Magna Carta, the Human Rights Act and the story Labour should tell
A controversial legal document, English in character but with suspect European hallmarks, and disliked by the scheming ruler…
Yvette Cooper has the right ideas, experience, and relationship with the public to be our leader
We now know which four candidates will be on the ballot paper to be Labour’s next leader. I…
12 things we learned during the leadership nomination process
So we have reached the “end of the beginning” of the Leadership election, with the close of nominations…
We can’t return to Labour’s Civil War years: we shouldn’t make it easier to get rid of Labour leaders
I am becoming more than a little disturbed at the rising clamour for a so-called break clause in…
If Labour doesn’t take itself seriously, no-one else will
On the day after 7 May, having personally seen five years of hard work pay off and my…
Leadership nominations – what do they tell us about the candidates?
He left it late, but he managed it – Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot after a late…
Face the facts about political reality
Clearly we are living in deflationary times. In 1981 when you wanted to find economists who would criticise…
Carers are living in uncertainty as they wait to see where the Tories’ axe will fall next
Carers Week is a welcome opportunity to reflect on the huge contribution that carers make to our society.…
