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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The EU referendum is the biggest political decision in a generation
If reports are to be believed, the Tory Party have been trying to rebrand themselves “The Workers’ Party”.…
McDonnell: we’ll tax business more and deliver greater economic growth
John McDonnell today promised to tackle the deficit and deliver greater economic growth by taxing business more and giving…
Osborne’s cruel joke on manufacturing
During the eighties our industrial base was decimated. Margaret Thatcher in pursuit of new-liberal economics and her attacks…
We need a retirement system that recognises inequalities
Earlier this year, during one of my regular door knocks, I called at a house and the door…
Full text: Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell’s speech to conference
John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington, ex officio. I warn you this is not my usual rant, they get…
Time for a new tune
Nostalgia is to modernising politics, what rust is to iron. Corrosive. Modernisers in the Labour Party have been…
“Let the wild rumpus start!”
Delegates to the Labour Party conference in Brighton were blinking in unseasonably hot late September sunshine yesterday afternoon.…
Corbyn reveals big names in new Economic Advisory Committee
Famous economists Thomas Piketty, David Blanchflower and Ann Pettifor are among the names to have joined Labour’s Economic…
Labour has a new opportunity at conference – to shape a new defence policy
The Labour leader stands foursquare against the replacement of Trident. During his election campaign his stance on this…
100 years on – Keir Hardie, the feminist
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of Labour’s first leader Keir Hardie today, LabourList is publishing…
