Comment ‘A Labour government won’t have an easy start. We must plan for hard times’ Across the advanced economy nations, centre-left parties are governing in hard times. The Mile End Institute’s recent conference… Patrick Diamond 8th July, 2023, 1:30 pm
Comment ‘Starmer’s speech gets aspiration but redefines it – it’s election-winning stuff’ There was a lot to be said about Keir Starmer’s Opportunity Mission speech yesterday. It was powerfully delivered… Ed Dorrell 7th July, 2023, 10:17 am
Analysis Giant Labour poll leads, calls for price controls, more walkouts – a new normal? Good morning. Some two-thirds of voters back price controls on essential goods, while 40 per cent oppose the… Tom Belger 4th July, 2023, 11:38 am
Columnist ‘Labour can’t take ethnic minority votes for granted – it must find a voice on race’ Labour has won most Black and Asian votes in every general election for the last half century. But… Sunder Katwala 2nd July, 2023, 9:58 am
Comment ‘Lessons Labour can learn now from former leader Harold Wilson’ The subtitle of Nick Thomas-Symonds MP’s majestic biography of Harold Wilson – The Winner – suggests we would… Dianne Hayter 19th June, 2023, 5:22 pm
Analysis Keir Starmer green mission speech: Seven key things we learned Keir Starmer set out how Labour would seek to make Britain a “clean energy superpower” in a speech… Tom Belger, Morgan Jones & Katie Neame 19th June, 2023, 2:48 pm
Comment ‘The Big Lie film: Glastonbury should not screen Corbyn conspiracy theories’ The documentary Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie has been drawing sizeable crowds to ticket-only showings and is… Paul Mason 19th June, 2023, 6:50 am
Daily email TUC chief tells MPs Labour must “face down” business and hike taxes Last night’s weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was addressed by TUC general secretary Paul Nowak.… Morgan Jones 13th June, 2023, 11:35 am
Comment ‘Many voters in Mid Bedfordshire are fed up and struggling. Labour can win’ After nearly two decades of neglect from an (at best) part-time MP in Nadine Dorries, Mid Bedfordshire will… Alistair Strathern 12th June, 2023, 12:44 pm
Comment ‘Labour should worry more about polls narrowing than polls being wrong’ In January of this year, Labour’s average lead over the Conservatives stood at 22 points, the highest level… Christabel Cooper 8th June, 2023, 1:29 pm