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The moment that the exit poll was announced on December 12th will be ingrained in all of our memories for a very long time. Watching hard-working, committed Labour MPs and their staff being unceremoniously defeated as communities that had…
Our country’s 47-year membership of the world’s most successful political and economic union has finally come to an end. For many progressives, it’s a moment filled with great sadness. It should be one of deep regret, too, as it symbolises…
Keir Starmer has called for an urgent investigation into the decision of No 10 Downing Street to “ban selected media" from a briefing on Monday. In a letter to the Cabinet Secretary today, the leadership candidate said that the move had…
Four weeks into Labour's leadership contest, and we have just over a third of Labour’s 648 Constituency Labour Party (CLP) nominations. This opens a window into the minds of party members. Lots can still change but we now have a good idea…
Boris Johnson has been accused of using tactics similar to those employed by Donald Trump in an effort to avoid scrutiny from the press, after selected lobby journalists were excluded from a No 10 briefing today. Only a limited list of…
The general election was tough on the shadow environment, food and rural affairs team. I lost five of my hard-working and talented colleagues in one night. With four new bills and a raft of other issues for Defra on the horizon after…
Last week saw reports of a couple of internal takes on why Labour lost the general election. In a report circulated to the national executive committee by the party’s election co-ordinators and leaked to the FT’s Jim Pickard, most of the…
We're in a period of extreme political change. In just the last couple of months, there has been a general election, the Labour Party suffering its worst defeat since the early 1930s, Brexit, the drama of Labour's leadership and deputy…
It was ‘Super Thursday’ for local party nominations last night – another excellent round for Keir Starmer, who went up by 23 to a whopping 85. Rebecca Long-Bailey didn’t do badly, adding 16 to her total, which is now 44. Lisa Nandy isn’t…
Labour leadership candidate Keir Starmer has said that he would "bring back" freedom of movement after the UK leaves the European Union. Addressing a crowd at Westminster Cathedral on Brexit Day, which will see the UK leave the EU at 11pm…
