Labour defeats Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras by-election
Labour has held Keir Starmer’s former constituency in a by-election, comfortably defeating Green leader Zack Polanski. Camden council…
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Why Boris Johnson’s plan for ‘free ports’ isn’t a good idea
I suspect that Liz Truss must be one of the new cabinet ministers most feared by civil servants.…
How Labour’s trigger ballot system works
Trigger ballots: the phrase that keeps Labour MPs awake at night. What is a “trigger ballot”? It’s probably…
NEC member Nav Mishra triumphs in Stockport selection race
Nav Mishra, a Momentum-backed member of Labour’s national executive committee, has won the Stockport parliamentary selection race by…
Built on arcane conventions, our constitution has led us to democratic crisis
It’s the sort of headline that – in another era – would make you double-check it’s not April…
The Israeli Labor Party’s existential crisis
Israelis will vote in their second election this year on September 17th. The Israeli Knesset dissolved itself on…
Labour MSPs express “serious concerns” over independence vote shift
Scottish Labour MSPs have raised “serious concerns” over the apparent shift in national party policy on a second…
Labour’s PCC selections: Policing the police
Labour Party members are being kept busy this summer. Campaigning is gearing up now that the new Tory…
Trigger ballots: Timetables, deselections and the FAQs sent to Labour MPs
Labour MPs are highly concerned about the trigger ballots due to take place in the autumn, which could…
Labour parliamentary selections catch-up
Chelsea and Fulham Matt Uberoi, a Hammersmith and Fulham councillor, was selected as Labour’s parliamentary candidate on July…
Why McDonnell was right about a second Scottish independence vote
For over 100 years, the right of nations to self-determination has been (at least in words) the one…
