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The first challenge for Labour's new leader is to move the party on from Brexit. Accept it is going to happen and it was voted for in a referendum. Continue to refight the 2016 referendum will only further alienate many Labour voters…
“If you break it, you own it.” So says the sign in every Pottery Barn store in the USA. It is a penalty Labour’s second-referendum lobby would do well to recall. As a number of party members from left to right – including MPs and ex-MPs –…
Left-wing candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey has said that shadow cabinet files were deleted by a frontbench Labour colleague who resigned during the 2016 leadership challenge. The contender to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the ongoing internal…
There have been many attempts to explain why Labour did so badly in the general election in December. Some are genuine, actually looking at the data, but others seem to be mere affirmations of previous – often strongly held – views. This is…
Although the official Labour Party leadership hustings set to be held on Saturday was cancelled, the deputy one went ahead – as did the full Open Labour version on Sunday in Nottingham. Keir Starmer couldn’t make it, but the soft left group…
Ridge on Sunday Unite general secretary Len McCluskey discussed the general election defeat, the ongoing Labour leadership and deputy elections and his union's decision to nominate Rebecca Long-Bailey and Richard Burgon. On the election…
Lisa Nandy had a good evening for CLP nominations, picking up six and bringing her total to seven. She already secured her place on the ballot earlier this week, with endorsements from the NUM, GMB and Chinese for Labour. And while Twitter…
We had interviews all over the shop yesterday. Leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey spoke with both the BBC and The Guardian. She cited Labour’s “compromise position” on Brexit and a failure to tackle antisemitism when asked by Laura…
Labour leadership candidate Emily Thornberry volunteered for a grilling by Andrew Neil on his BBC programme on Wednesday evening. They covered a wide range of issues, from Brexit to education policy. Asked what wrong with the 2019 general…
This latest session of Prime Minister's Questions today followed a spate of defeats for Boris Johnson's government in the House of Lords. The Tory leader has seen no less than five votes go the wrong way for him this week on his Brexit…
