The contest has changed. The machine hasn’t
This is the second of three essays by LabourList chair Karin Christiansen on the challenges facing Labour’s new…
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How to beat George Osborne
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Labour is pursuing a 25% strategy. Only the soft left can build a winning coalition
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Who abstained on the fiscal charter?
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Former Labour minister says deselections could trigger by-elections
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In praise of careerists
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PMQs Verdict: Confident Corbyn finds his stride
Jeremy Corbyn’s team clearly felt that today went well; a spokesperson said after PMQs had finished that this…
Osborne’s Charter may be clever politics, but it is poor economics
Today’s debate on the Tories’ Fiscal Charter is rightly focussed on the big choice we have before us.…
McDonnell seeks to clarify fiscal charter decision ahead of Commons vote
John McDonnell is today putting in effort to explain his u-turn on George Osborne’s fiscal charter, which will…
